“The dairy and livestock sectors will help farmers increase their income – it may not just double, it can go up three times”
Amul, founded 73 years ago, is an institution that belongs to 36 lakh farmer families of Gujarat, said its managing director RS Sodhi. The organisation has not just grown consistently over the years, it has also shared its expertise and technical knowledge with all the other cooperatives that were formed after Amul
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Do you know one quintal of sugarcane yields 11-13 kgs of sugar? Watch the whole process
Sugar production involves two operations — processing cane into raw sugar and processing the raw sugar into refined sugar. Watch to understand the process of making sugar from cane
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Is it going to be a farmer-centric budget?
In 2019, in her maiden budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had emphasized on ‘gaon-garib-kisan’ as the cornerstone of policymaking. The farmers in the country have suffered massive losses due to weather inconsistencies. Their primary demand now is to get 100 per cent compensation
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Giriraj Singh’s unique biogas model has helped farmers in this village in Gujarat earn more
The animal husbandry ministry provided biogas plants to houses having milch animals and bought the slurry in return. The ministry claims it has increased the farmers’ income by three times
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Giriraj Singh’s unique biogas model has helped farmers in this village in Gujarat earn more
The animal husbandry ministry provided biogas plants to houses having milch animals and bought the slurry in return. The ministry claims it has increased the farmers’ income by three times
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He served India for 20 years, fought two wars, now spends his entire pension on animals
Suraj Bhushan Lohra and his wife have no clothes to wear. On many nights they don’t get food to eat, but they make sure that the animals – some live inside their house — never have to go hungry
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A village in Uttar Pradesh where every home has a jawan
For generations, people living in Saidpur village, 145 kms from Delhi, have been serving the nation. Around 3,500 retired soldiers live here, while 1,500 soldiers from this village are currently serving in the Indian armed forces
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Locust attack destroys thousands of hectares of seasonal crop in five districts of Gujarat
The farmers in five affected districts are coming up with innovative ways to tackle the situation. Some are banging utensils, others are resorting to gunfire