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Sowing increased by 7% in demonetisation period, says Agriculture Minister

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Radha-Mohan-Singh-invc-newsKolkata: Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Monday said sowing operations during the demonetisation period increased by seven per cent as compared to the year-ago period.”During November 8 to December 30, 2016, sowing operations increased by about 7 per cent. This data was sent by the states,” Singh said while responding to a query that state governments, including West Bengal, claimed that the note-ban hit the farmers and sowing during Rabi season was affected. “Purchasing of seeds with scrapped notes was allowed during the demonetisation period,” he said on the sidelines of the Indian Seed Congress 2017 here.Inaugurating the Congress, Singh said the central government was committed to providing income security of farmers to double their income in 5 years.

For the post-harvest phase, the Centre has been taking steps to enable farmers to get better prices for their produce in the markets. “The coverage of National Agricultural Market (e-NAM) will be expanded from the current 250 markets to 585 APMCs,” he said. The minister said the central government has set a target to cover 14 crore farmers under the Soil Health Card Scheme which would enables farmers to get information about nutrient level of the soil and could help to make make judicious use of fertilisers.

Singh also urged the West Bengal government’s official to speed up the process of providing the soil health card as the state covered 16 lakh farmers under the scheme but it was supposed to cover 72 lakh farmers by March 2017.West Bengal Food Processing and Horticulture Minister Abdur Razzak Molla also urged the Centre to formulate a vegetables’ seed certification process in order to clear confusion among farmers.In reply, Singh said states like Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have started the process by setting up Seed Certification Authority.Molla appealed to the seed producing companies to explore the western zone of West Bengal to set up their plants, claiming that districts like Bankura, West Midnapore and Purulia are suitable for seed production.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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