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  • Farmers In The Red: The multi-layered problem of onions March 20, 2023 02:30 PM IST

    Farmers In The Red: The multi-layered problem of onions

    The supply glut of onions is poised to get worse with the Rabi crop coming soon. Farmers won’t be able to even recover production costs despite the Maharashtra government’s Rs 3.5 per kg aid measure. Nevertheless, CM Eknath Shinde has bought himself some time with a committee to examine their demands

  • Unseasonal Rain: Crops damaged across India; IMD advises farmers on harvest schedules March 21, 2023 09:00 AM IST

    Unseasonal Rain: Crops damaged across India; IMD advises farmers on harvest schedules

    Isolated thunderstorm, lightening, squall and hailstorm are expected over west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and East Rajasthan on March 20; and over Uttarakhand on March 21, the IMD daily forecast said

  • Lakhs of farmers headed to Delhi for 'kisan mahapanchayat' on Monday: SKM March 19, 2023 06:46 PM IST

    Lakhs of farmers headed to Delhi for 'kisan mahapanchayat' on Monday: SKM

    The 'kisan mahapanchayat' will be held to press for a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP), the SKM, an umbrella body of farmers' union, had said last month.

  • Crop-neutral income support programme can give agriculture a sustainable boost March 17, 2023 01:41 PM IST

    Crop-neutral income support programme can give agriculture a sustainable boost

    It will incentivise farmers to cultivate crops based on market demand and local climatic conditions, leading to optimal use of inputs, irrigation water and chemical fertilisers thereby reducing the subsidy burden for the government

  • Maharashtra: Farmers, tribals marching to Mumbai with list of demands; govt to hold another round of talks March 16, 2023 09:08 AM IST

    Maharashtra: Farmers, tribals marching to Mumbai with list of demands; govt to hold another round of talks

    As scores of farmers and tribals marching towards Mumbai from Nashik district in North Maharashtra entered Thane district, ministers Dada Bhuse and Atul Save met a delegation of farmers late Wednesday night.

  • Farmers, workers begin Nashik-Mumbai foot march led by CPI(M) over onion prices & forest land rights among other demands March 13, 2023 02:01 PM IST

    Farmers, workers begin Nashik-Mumbai foot march led by CPI(M) over onion prices & forest land rights among other demands

    In the first state budget rolled out by the Maharashtra government led by the Eknath Shinde-headed Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 9, the focus was on the welfare of farmers and development of the agriculture sector.

  • YEIDA to file appeal before NCLAT within a week for extra compensation of Rs 1,700 crore to be paid to farmers March 10, 2023 07:01 PM IST

    YEIDA to file appeal before NCLAT within a week for extra compensation of Rs 1,700 crore to be paid to farmers

    Homebuyers and farmers are both our priority and a fine balance has to be struck between the two; YEIDA does not intend challenging the resolution plan, says YEIDA CEO

  • Govt considers raising palm oil import tax to help rapeseed farmers March 06, 2023 03:02 PM IST

    Govt considers raising palm oil import tax to help rapeseed farmers

    The increase in the tax on palm oil could lift local prices, making the tropical oil a little less competitive than rival soyoil and sunflower oil.

  • Govt nod to nano liquid DAP important step towards making life easier for farmers: PM Modi March 05, 2023 10:50 PM IST

    Govt nod to nano liquid DAP important step towards making life easier for farmers: PM Modi

    PM Modi said in a tweet in Hindi, "An important step towards making life easier for our farmer brothers and sisters."

  • Government okays launch of nano liquid DAP fertilisers; will benefit farmers: Mansukh Mandaviya March 04, 2023 01:01 PM IST

    Government okays launch of nano liquid DAP fertilisers; will benefit farmers: Mansukh Mandaviya

    Fertiliser cooperative IFFCO, which introduced nano liquid urea in 2021, on Friday announced that the government has approved the launch of its nano DAP fertiliser in the market.

  • Horticulture project in Himachal gives new lease of life to farmers February 12, 2023 11:12 AM IST

    Horticulture project in Himachal gives new lease of life to farmers

    About 6,000 hectares of land has been identified in 28 development blocks of seven districts of Sirmaur, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi, which will benefit more than 25,000 farmer families under the main project.

  • About 3 lakh women farmers benefited from PM-KISAN, Rs 54,000 crore transferred to them so far: President Droupadi Murmu January 31, 2023 12:45 PM IST

    About 3 lakh women farmers benefited from PM-KISAN, Rs 54,000 crore transferred to them so far: President Droupadi Murmu

    The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme was launched in February 2019 but is being implemented with effect from December 2018.

  • Agri trading ban: Farmers sit down for indefinite protest at SEBI headquarters January 23, 2023 05:09 PM IST

    Agri trading ban: Farmers sit down for indefinite protest at SEBI headquarters

    The trading ban, which was in December 2022 extended for a year, has drawn the farmers’ ire, many labelling the move as ‘anti-farmer’.

  • Landless, tenant farmers miss out on compensation for crop loss by weather events January 22, 2023 02:25 PM IST

    Landless, tenant farmers miss out on compensation for crop loss by weather events

    Unseasonal or high intensity rainfall is regularly damaging crops across India over the past few years.

  • SC grants Centre time till March 15 to pay arrears of OROP to pensioners of armed forces January 09, 2023 01:27 PM IST

    SC grants Centre time till March 15 to pay arrears of OROP to pensioners of armed forces

    A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha asked the Centre to ensure that all arrears are paid expeditiously to the pensioners of the armed forces and that there is no further delay.

  • Varun Gandhi says sugar mills should clear farmers' dues or face protest January 09, 2023 10:10 AM IST

    Varun Gandhi says sugar mills should clear farmers' dues or face protest

    At a public function in Arsiaboj village in Baheri assembly segment, which falls under his parliamentary constituency of Pilibhit, Gandhi said if sugar mills don't start paying dues to farmers immediately, a protest meet by cane-growers will be organised at their gates.

  • How an equitable model of irrigation is changing this drought-prone Maharashtra region December 31, 2022 12:32 PM IST

    How an equitable model of irrigation is changing this drought-prone Maharashtra region

    Decades-long struggle of farmers and activists for equitable distribution of water has culminated in a pilot project in Atpadi taluka.

  • 'Agro mall' in Lucknow will allow farmers to better brand their produce, sell at fair price: CM Yogi Adityanath December 29, 2022 10:11 AM IST

    'Agro mall' in Lucknow will allow farmers to better brand their produce, sell at fair price: CM Yogi Adityanath

    Farmers will be able to sell fruits, vegetables and grains directly at the mall, which is proposed to be built at Gomtinagar's Vikalp Khand, according to a statement issued by the state government.

  • National Farmers' Day 2022: Wishes and quotes December 23, 2022 08:21 AM IST

    National Farmers' Day 2022: Wishes and quotes

    National Farmers' Day wishes and quotes: Remembering Chaudhary Charan Singh, a farmers' leader and India's fifth prime minister.

  • Airport project will hit rural economy, farmers tell Tamil Nadu govt December 21, 2022 12:23 PM IST

    Airport project will hit rural economy, farmers tell Tamil Nadu govt

    The flow of water of a natural water channel, that carries surplus flood waters to Kosasthalai river, would be prevented leading to inundation of 30 surrounding villages and 'incalculable farm and economic losses' considering flooding.

  • Big farmers' rally in Delhi today. Check traffic advisory December 19, 2022 09:20 AM IST

    Big farmers' rally in Delhi today. Check traffic advisory

    The protest march is being organised by Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

  • Amaravati farmers protest against Andhra Pradesh govt's plan for three state capitals December 17, 2022 07:24 PM IST

    Amaravati farmers protest against Andhra Pradesh govt's plan for three state capitals

    Carrying placards and ploughs, the demonstrators also demanded that the YSR Congress Party government in the state stick to the earlier plan of having one capital city in Amaravati as envisaged by former chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu in 2014.

  • Indian farmers increase wheat plantings by 3% from a year earlier December 16, 2022 01:15 PM IST

    Indian farmers increase wheat plantings by 3% from a year earlier

    Farmers have also increased the area cultivating rapeseed, a key winter-sown oilseed, to 9 million hectares as of December 16, up from last year's 8.3 million hectares, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare said in a statement.

  • Maha: Excessive rainfall-affected farmers upset over getting paltry amounts as crop insurance November 27, 2022 12:12 PM IST

    Maha: Excessive rainfall-affected farmers upset over getting paltry amounts as crop insurance

    When contacted, state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar said some farmers had received very low amounts, but the government will try to widen the insurance coverage and also make the claims settlement system dynamic.

  • Farmers to march to Raj Bhavans across country November 26, 2022 10:22 AM IST

    Farmers to march to Raj Bhavans across country

    The farmer leaders have alleged that the Union government had no intention of fulfilling their promises and that there was a need of a bigger agitation.