Sunday, 11 October 2015

India Agriculture, Food & Nutrition updates - 11Oct'15 !

1. Karnataka waives interest on crop loans, announces relief package.

2. All the 42 mega food parks sanctioned by the government will be fully operational in the next three years, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

3. The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) said it will invest Rs 342 crore in Andhra Pradesh, to create warehousing capacity to store 6 lakh metric tonnes of food items.

4. Whitefly destroys two-third of Punjab's cotton crop, 15 farmers commit suicide.

5. The first tranche of 250 tonnes of onions imported by the government has already arrived while the entire consignment of 2,000 tonnes will arrive by the end of this week, which will help boost domestic supplies and check rising retail prices.

6. India Met Department has declared the formation of a monsoon depression in the Arabian Sea this morning and heavy rainfall has been forecast at many places over coastal Karnataka and Kerala during next 24 hours.

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