The Tamil Nadu government celebrated the release of water from Mettur. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami was there in person, a rarity for a chief minister. As if to throw a dampener, farmers’ leader P R Pandian had said that the Cauvery Management Authority should have been informed of the...
Water release from Mettur dam is hitting media headlines. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami is in Salem and will be there when the shutters are opened on Thursday. Delta farmers are not jubilant, however. C Lokanathan, an experienced paddy farmer in Tiruchy, says , “There are two...
On Wednesday (July 4), the centre announced that it was increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 200 and would procure it at Rs 1,750. MSP of 14 farm produce including urad dal, other pulses and cotton were also being increased, it said. Reacting to this, noted agriculture...
Noted agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan has said that the market support that farmers need has three integrated components. i) A minimum support price or MSP based on the formula of C2 + 50% ii) A favourable procurement policy to ensure that farmers do receive the MSP iii) Increasing...
Delta farmers are jubilant over the Cauvery Authority’s order on water release. Though Karnataka has sought Supreme Court’s intervention on the authority, they hope that things have moved ahead and they could possibly expect regular release of water supporting farming in Tamil Nadu. At the...
The fate of much of kuruvai and samba crops in Cauvery delta region will be decided by the Cauvery Management Authority when it meets next week. The level in Mettur dam stands at around 57 feet and the shutters are typically opened for irrigation if the level touches 90 feet. Citing the low...
