7th April 2021, Corona alerts, farmers protest live, storage, procurement,

7 April 2021

• PM tweets on World Health Day

  Emphasizing the importance of World Health Day, the PM asked the country to appreciate the efforts of the frontline Corona fighters. He continued that the medical professionals, the government and the public are working in sync to throw this menace out of the country and the world.

• CWC should double its storage capacity

  Central Warehouse Corporation should increase its storage capacity and generate more revenue, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal. He said CWC should not only store more but also store better. CWC must modernize and its work must be regularly audited to ensure good storage.

• Crop procurement going smoothly across India

  Around 3.5 LMT of wheat and over 695 LMT of paddy has so far been procured, under MSP. Millions of farmers have benefitted from these scheme. Procurement of pulses, oilseeds, copra and kapas is also ongoing.

• Protestors weapons are their tractors and tweets

  Agitating farmers leaders said that the protestors must protest with their tractors so as to gain more attention and write more tweets so as to bring their cause and messages to a greater number of persons.

• Andhra Pradesh CM orders more facilities for small farmers

  Andhra Pradesh CM has ordered the government to dig more tube-wells to provide modern irrigation like drip irrigation and through micro sprinklers. He also plans to improve infrastructure and provide more marketing facilities to farmers through e-marketing.

• Rainfall and mild snowfall across some regions of Uttarakhand

  Chamoli and Joshimath regions of Uttarakhand will see rainfall and possibly mild snowfall with strong winds over next 2-3 days.

• Government to give incentives for producers of Solar PV Modules

  Indian government having observed that most of the Solar PV Modules have parts imported from overseas has decide to give incentives to the companies capable of producing high quality Solar PV modules, built from Indian parts or materials. This initiative will go a long way towards fulfilling the goals of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

• Zimbabwe to export more tobacco

  Zimbabwe's biggest exporting commodity is Tobacco and these exports are expected to rise even more. Their biggest buyer is China. This year Zimbabwe is expected to sell 200 Million KGs of tobacco and the government wants to produce 300 Million Kgs of tobacco per year in next 5 years.

• Threat of toxic flash flood eradicated

  The threat of toxic floods, that was forcing the local authorities to relocate the people living close to a reservoir, is no more. The situation was brought into control by pumping millions of liters of water out of the reservoir. This reduced the pressure on the wall that was threatening to collapse hence avoiding the flash floods.

• T20 world cup in six months even with Corona

  India is hosting the T20 world cup this year in six month's time. Even though there is threat from Corona, the tournament will go on with empty stadiums and games live on TV.