The proposed scheme, similar to the one launched in Madhya Pradesh two years ago, would support farmers without distorting the market.

Soyabean traded firm across major markets in the country with a 1-3 per cent rise on Wednesday.

Newly-harvested onions are selling at Rs 1.50-11a kg in the wholesale markets of Maha.

It’s not that the BJP governments in the states and the Centre hadn’t done anything for farmers and rural workers. But may be something the...

More than 1.5 lakh tonnes of bajra have already come for government purchase.

The higher prices are due to lower wheat output expected this year, as well as the higher minimum support price announced by the government...

A bumper crop has caused prices to plummet, and farmers' organisations are demanding measures to protect the interests of tomato producers.

The CM said that e-procurement of 67.25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat on support price was made in the Rabi season of 2016- 17, and Rs 1,340 ...

According to state government officials, more than Rs 880 crore has been disbursed to 6.35 lakh farmers under the Bhavantar scheme.

Haryana will support prices of tomato and onion under the Bhavantar Bharpai Yojana, a scheme announced by the govt to cover the price defic...

Farmers are proposed to be compensated the difference between government-announced MSPs for select crops and actual market prices to ensure...

NITI Aayog has been asked to put in place a fool-proof mechanism to ensure farmers get adequate price for their produce.

We would like states to procure as much as required to reduce farmers' pain and we are willing to share the financial burden under the exis...

Sinha today termed the latest round of Foreign Direct Investment reforms as a deviation from the party's stand, and said 100 per cent FDI i...

After I took over as chief minister, irrigation was a major challenge. Then, hardly 6.5 lakh hectare land was irrigated. But now, irrigatio...

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made this announcement here late last night while addressing a state-level function of Madhya Pradesh ...

If prices in MP fall below MSP, it will naturally lead to a fall in prices in Rajasthan and Maharashtra.