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The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures to facilitate the farmers and farming activities at field level during the lockdown period. The updated status is given below:
Amid the Coronavirus crisis in the country, the government has transferred Rs 36,659 crore directly into the bank accounts of around 16.01 crore beneficiaries
India has all the right to protect its domestic industry in such a crisis situation, and making government approval mandatory for FDI from neighbouring countries is not a violation of norms of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), experts say.
Despite lot of movement restrictions due to National level COVID-19 lockdown, with the concerted efforts of Department of fertilizers, Railways, States and Ports, production and supply of fertilizers in the country is going on to meet demand of the farmers. As such highest number of 41 rakes of fertilisers were moved on last Friday, 17.4.2020 during lockdown period.
Union Government has created an online data pool on https://covidwarriors.gov.in of doctors including AYUSH doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, volunteers from NYKs, NCC NSS, PMGKVY, ex Servicemen etc for use by the ground level administration at state, district or municipal levels.
Acting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion for a truck aggregator to help transport farm produce to markets amid the lockdown, the Centre on Friday launched the Kisan Rath App bringing together 5 lakh trucks and 20,000 tractors.
The NCC network is spread throughout the country, as its 17 directorates cover all the 28 states and eight union territories. These directorates are further divided into 96 groups and 825 units, thus ensuring availability of cadets to the district administration in all the states.
Zoom has been caught in a pile of controversies related to its privacy. Now, India has cautioned its usage during the covid-19 lockdown.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on Wednesday, released fresh guidelines for the COVID-19 lockdown, which has been extended till May 3. Additional public activities will be allowed from April 20, like agriculture, horticulture activities and procurement of the same
With train and bus services shut, India Post is relying on its own Mail Motor Services (MMS) to carry out delivery services within the state and in adjacent states while airlines are being used to deliver parcels in the metros, reports Hindustan Times.
