Do you know, how India’s ‘Culture’ and ‘Agri-Culture’ meet each other?

Do you know, how India’s ‘Culture’ and ‘Agri-Culture’ meet each other?

497

KhetiGaadi always provides right tractor information

Importance of Makar Sankranti to Farmers

Khetigaadi

The Hard Work of Farmers

The Cultural Significance of Makar Sankranti

How is Makar Sankranti celebrated by Farmers?

  • Thanksgiving to Nature: Man prays to the Sun God and Mother Earth to be thanked for a bountiful harvest.
  • Community Bonding: They get villages alive with the vibrancy of their festive. Farmers and their families gather as unified community to celebrate together and strengthen those bonds. A celebration is performed, with folk songs and dances reflected, as they link to the cultural heritage of agriculture.
  • Sharing the Harvest: Farmers were a time of generosity. Farmers shared their produce with friends, neighbours and the less fortunate. This sharing act extends the socially connectedness.
  • Kite Flying and Bonfires: It is really symbolic freedom and hope gesture, especially in states like Gujarat and Rajasthan. Lohri— Maka Sankranti— is a precursor to bonfires that families lit in Punjab to celebrate the New Year, where families come together to sing, dance and celebrate the season’s blessings.
  • Til-Gur Laddoos: These are sweet made of jaggery just by sesame seeds. These sweet symbolizes togetherness and warmth associated with their smell. Pongal: This is a sweet and savoury rice dish of South India.
  • Chikkis: Jaggery and peanuts or sesame seeds based crunchy snacks. There is also a bunch of rituals such as taking holy dips in river (Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, etc.), donating clothes, food, money which are believed to bring blessings and prosperity.

Government Initiatives to the Farmers on Makar Sankranti

  1. Enhanced Support Prices: For better income security of the farmers, the minimum support price (MSP) for the staples has been increased.
  2. PM-KUSUM Solar Scheme: This initiative is providing farmers with solar powered pumps to promote sustainable irrigation practices reducing the need for expensive electrical power.
  3. Crop Insurance Benefits: In order to protect them from the loss caused by unexpected calamities, farmers have been provided with a new revamped crop insurance scheme with lower premiums and a faster claim payouts.
  4. Agri-Infrastructure Development: To reduce post harvest losses, new warehouses and cold storage facilities are being set up to give farmers a better price for their produce.
  5. Soil Health Campaigns: To enable better yield and profitability, free soil testing campaigns are being done to educate farmers of the ideal crop and fertilisation techniques they can choose from.

Stay connected to the KhetiGaadi WhatsApp channel and get the latest updates on farming innovations and government schemes. Visit KhetiGaadi for more information and guidance. 

Contact Khetigaadi for guidance and updates on agriculture schemes for farmers: 

Phone: 07875114466 

agri news

To know more about tractor price contact to our executive

Leave a Reply