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The government on Friday strongly defended the farm laws in Rajya Sabha and said its offer to amend them should not be viewed as if they had any flaws, even as the Opposition demanded that the legislations be repealed and fresh ones brought after consultations. The government also launched a fierce attack on the Congress and other Opposition parties for trying to instigate the farmers with wrong information. Intervening in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President s Address, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar alleged that farmers were being misled by the Opposition and the agitation was only in one state.
The agriculture ministry has got approval from aviation regulator DGCA for flying drones to capture images of rice and wheat fields in 100 districts to assess crop yields at gram panchayat level under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Thursday. This is the first remote sensing technology based largest pilot study conducted so far in the country for crop yield estimation, the agriculture minister said in a tweet. Apart from drone-based images, high spatial resolution satellite data, biophysical models, smart sampling, artificial intelligence among others are also being used in the large scale pilot study, he added.
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Budget 2021| Big infra, tech push likely for agriculture to boost farmer income
Investments in agri-tech startups or agri-based innovation labs, organic farming, digital tools and technology will give a big boost to the farm sector. Harsha Razdan January 31, 2021 / 08:27 AM IST
The ambition to double farmer s income by 2022 continues to be on the government s agenda. Given the coronavirus outbreak and the farmer unrest, there is an increasing expectation that the Budget will focus on the overall wellbeing of farmers and crop productivity.
Following past trends, focus on schemes such as PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, MNREGA and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana will continue to gain traction even this year. Below is a quick outline of some Budget announcements that we can expect for the agriculture sector: