The study was conducted by
Krithi K.Karanth and Sahila
Kudalkar of Centre for Wildlife
Studies, Bengaluru. Dr. Karanth
is also associated with Wildlife
Conservation Society, New York
and Nicolas School of Environment,
Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina, USA.
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
ROSE TO 90.54% IN 2014-15: R M
SINGH
The agricultural mechanisation is
one of the important factors for
sustainable development of the
agricultural sector which helps
in increasing production through
agricultural
works,
reducing
the deficit,
reducing
the cost
of various
agricultural
works through the better
management of costly inputs. That
leads to increase in the productivity
of natural resources and help
reduce the difficulties related to
various agricultural activities.
Of the
11 sites,
four were
in the
Aravalis
of North
west
India
– Jaisamand, Kumbalgarh,
Phulwari-ki-Naal, and Sitamata,
two in Central India – Tadoba-
Andhari and Kanha, and rest five
in the western ghats – Kali (earlier
Ahshi-Dandeli), Bhadra, Biligiri
Rangaswamy Temple (BRT),
Bandipur and Nagarahole.
This was stated by the Union
Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare Minister, Mr Radha
Mohan Singh during the
Inter Session Meeting of
the Consultative Committee
held at the Sher-e-Kashmir
International Conference
Center. Mr Singh said that in the
last few years there has been a
shift has been towards the use of
mechanical and electrical sources
of power. While in 1960-61, about
92.30% farm power was coming
from animate sources, in 2014-
15 the contribution of animate
sources of power reduced to about
9.46% and that of mechanical
and electrical sources of power
increased from 7.70% in 1960-61 to
about 90.54% in 2014-15.
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