Haryana’s crop diversification scheme

HARYANA’S CROP DIVERSIFICATION SCHEME   For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: Scheme, significance, advantages, Urgent need   News Flash Haryana government has decided to discourage rice sowing from the upcoming season, which threatens to deplete the State’s groundwater. Farmers have asked the government to first come out with a mechanism to procure alternative crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) so that farmers are not at the receiving end.   Why this move needed? Because…

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