Agriculture Update 9 June 2023
- Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on approving minimum support price (MSP) for Kharif crops for marketing season 2023-24¹.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an agriculture officer working with Union Bank for allegedly demanding a bribe from a farmer in Uttar Pradesh².
- Agricultural products trade through the electronic-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) surged 41% to 18.6 million tonnes in 2022-23 from 13.2 million tonnes in the previous financial year³.
- The government has decided to build foodgrain godowns in every block to reduce damage of foodgrains due to a lack of storage, check distress sales by farmers, reduce import dependence, and create employment opportunities in rural India⁴.
- Assam government has decided to procure for the first time mustard seeds from farmers at MSP of Rs 5,050 per quintal⁵.
Source: Conversation with Bing, 09/06/2023
(1) Union Minister for Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar lauds PM Modi on approval of MSP for Kharif crops. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/union-minister-for-agriculture-narendra-singh-tomar-lauds-pm-modi-on-approval-of-msp-for-kharif-crops/videoshow/100855423.cms.
(2) Agriculture officer arrested by CBI for demanding bribe from UP farmer. https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/sports/news/agriculture-officer-arrested-by-cbi-for-demanding-bribe-from-up-farmer-212335.
(3) 170 tonnes of agriculture produce sold in a week through E-NAM. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jun/07/170-tonnes-of-agriculture-produce-sold-in-a-week-through-e-nam-2582496.html.
(4) Agriculture India | Economy News - Economic Times. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture.
(5) Agriculture News, India agriculture sector news, Indian government .... https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/agriculture.
(6) Agriculture Sector: Latest news on Agriculture sector - Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/agriculture.