Chhattisgarh Affairs
The Chhattisgarh government announced that registration will be mandatory to benefit from its flagship Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana.
The new order will be effective from the current Kharif season 2021.
According to the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/<a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture-development”>AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT, Farmers Welfare and Bio Technology Department, an online registration has to be done from June 1 to September 30 to get the governments assistance in the form of input subsidy.
An input subsidy of Rs 9,000 per acre is provided to promote agricultural production.
Landholder farmers of all categories and all forest title holders will be eligible to get the benefits but they must be producers of crops and their farm land must not be idle, the new order said.
Under the scheme, the farmers registered on portal will be paid by Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) through the nodal banks.
National and International Affairs
Indo-Israel Agricultural Project Centres of Excellence:
The <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Ministry, the Government of India, and Mashav (Israel’s International Development Cooperation Agency) are leading Israel’s largest G2G cooperation, with 29 operational Centres of Excellence (COEs) across India in 12 states.
They are establishing Advanced-Intensive Agriculture farms using Israeli Agro-Technology tailored to local conditions.
The Centres of Excellence generate knowledge, demonstrate best practices, and provide farmer training.
The (NGT) has formed a joint committee to investigate allegations of illegal construction activity in Mekedatu. The Karnataka government had proposed building a dam across the Cauvery River in the same location.
Highlights:
The Mekedatu multi-purpose project entails the construction of a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River near Kanakapura in Ramanagaram district.
It intends to supply drinking water to the districts of Bengaluru and Ramanagaram, as well as generate electricity.
However, Tamil Nadu has objected on the grounds that the project violates the award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.