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March 20, 2023 02:30 PM IST 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
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March 21, 2023 09:00 AM IST 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
- March 19, 2023 06:46 PM IST
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.
- March 17, 2023 01:41 PM IST
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
- March 16, 2023 09:08 AM IST
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.
- March 13, 2023 02:01 PM IST
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.
- March 10, 2023 07:01 PM IST
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
- March 06, 2023 03:02 PM IST
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.
- March 05, 2023 10:50 PM IST
PM Modi said in a tweet in Hindi, "An important step towards making life easier for our farmer brothers and sisters."
- March 04, 2023 01:01 PM IST
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.
- February 12, 2023 11:12 AM IST
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.
- January 31, 2023 12:45 PM IST
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme was launched in February 2019 but is being implemented with effect from December 2018.
- January 23, 2023 05:09 PM IST
The trading ban, which was in December 2022 extended for a year, has drawn the farmers’ ire, many labelling the move as ‘anti-farmer’.
- January 22, 2023 02:25 PM IST
Unseasonal or high intensity rainfall is regularly damaging crops across India over the past few years.
- January 09, 2023 01:27 PM IST
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.
- January 09, 2023 10:10 AM IST
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.
- December 31, 2022 12:32 PM IST
Decades-long struggle of farmers and activists for equitable distribution of water has culminated in a pilot project in Atpadi taluka.
- December 29, 2022 10:11 AM IST
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.
- December 23, 2022 08:21 AM IST
National Farmers' Day wishes and quotes: Remembering Chaudhary Charan Singh, a farmers' leader and India's fifth prime minister.
- December 21, 2022 12:23 PM IST
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.
- December 19, 2022 09:20 AM IST
The protest march is being organised by Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- December 17, 2022 07:24 PM IST
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.
- December 16, 2022 01:15 PM IST
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.
- November 27, 2022 12:12 PM IST
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.
- November 26, 2022 10:22 AM IST
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.
