As India battles a severe heat wave amid fears of an El Niño-driven underperforming monsoon, the agriculture sector is facing another challenge this kharif season: potential fertiliser supply disruptions linked to the West Asia crisis.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday reviewed the preparedness for ensuring uninterrupted fertilizer supply to farmers during the Kharif season.
Reviewing the preparedness for Kharif season 2024 at Krishi Bhawan with officials of various departments, he directed them to ensure timely distribution and quality supply of input materials for the crops.
During the meeting, a detailed review of center-sponsored schemes and center-sector schemes was also done with all concerned scheme nodal officers of the state.
In the ongoing Kharif marketing season of 2022-23 in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, a total of 1,16,761 farmers have benefitted with minimum support price (MSP) value of Rs 2,356.30 crore.
The ban on exports assumes significance as it appeared that the overall sown area under paddy this Kharif season could be lower than that of last year.
The monthly economic review released by the Finance Ministry noted that as external pressures will diminish, inflationary pressures are expected to wear down.
According to Agriculture Ministry, the total Kharif crops have been sown on 1,062.93 lakh hectare area against 979.15 lakh hectare during the corresponding period last year, thus increase in area coverage by 8.56 per cent.
As many as 60 tractors, 88 of powertillers, 11 reapers, 16 transplanters, 71 of power driven implements, 250 number of post harvest machines, 51 special power driven implements, 161 numbers of rotavators, 10 numbers combined harvesters, 256 of diesel pump sets have been provided on subsidised rates.
The Odisha government on Wednesday announced a drought package for the Kharif season for farmers. Announcing it here, Chief Minister…
