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Farm leaders disappointed with no increase in PM Kisan pay out in Budget 2020With agriculture credit increased from Rs 87,000 crore in 2003 to 15 lakh crore in Budget 2020, Ramandeep Mann a farm activist said that th...
Soon, special drive to double Kisan Credit Cards to 14 croreThe aim is to issue KCCs to eligible farmers within two weeks of submission of application forms.
Not only sugarcane states, others too abuse groundwaterThe onus of abusing groundwater resources also lies with wheat, rice, maize and oilseeds producing states like Punjab and Haryana.
Traders and companies join hands with government to help farmers cope with poor rainsFarmers in the irrigated belts of Punjab and Haryana have already started land and nursery preparation, ahead of planting paddy and cotton.
Land law provisions 'alarming', farmers to parliamentary panelThe farmer leaders voiced their strong reservations to a number of clauses in the ordinance.
New urea policy could lead to its excessive use, impact human healthThough excessive use of Urea is mainly noticed in states having strong irrigation network, there have always been deep concern about its ex...
Crop damage, meagre compensation claim over 100 farmers' lives in UPThe Opposition has claimed the number of deaths and suicides are higher.
Government likely to raise minimum support price for wheat by Rs 50 per quintalGovernment is likely to raise MSP for wheat by Rs 50 per quintal, to encourage farmers to cover more area under staple crop in ongoing rabi...
UP sugarcane farmers lean on data, demand better support priceFarming leaders said that they have informed Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav their demands, backed by scientific and agricultural data.
- No decision on sugar cane 'state advised price' in UP
Sugar cane crushing is at season's peak in Uttar Pradesh but the Akhilesh Yadav government is yet to announce the state advised price (SAP)...
Akhilesh waives Rs 1,650 crore farm loans on dad Mulayam's birthdayChief minister Akhilesh Yadav said 7.2 lakh farmers, who've taken loans of up to Rs 50,000 from rural cooperative banks, will benefit from ...
Sell excess wheat, share profit with farmers, says CACPCabinet had asked CACP to review its recommendation of not raising MSP after the agri ministry suggested a revision to Rs 1,400 per quintal.
- Sugar decontrol: Farmers and industry meets C Rangarajan committee
A convergence between farmers and sugar millers on some aspects of sugar decontrol came forth at the meeting of the C Rangarajan committee ...
- Sugarcane farmers benefit through SIS system in Uttar Pradesh
For sugar cane farmers in UP a novel e-governance project has come as a boon for dealing with delayed payments, under weighing of their pro...
UP assembly elections 2012: Mayawati's divide & rule strategy turns out a dudMayawati's demand to split UP has figured just perfunctorily in her poll campaign so far, highlighting her inability to turn it into an ele...
- Farmers' support to retail FDI to come with riders
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had called farmers bodies for consultation to build a consensus over this contentious ref...
- Key state govts demand 30-70% increase in support price for Rabi
Key state governments have demanded a massive 30-70% increase in the support price for Rabi or winter sown crops, opening up wheat exports.
- State governments demand 30-70% hike in support price for Rabi crops
Key state governments have demanded a massive 30-70% increase in the support price for Rabi or winter sown crops.
- Six ministries to decide on FDI retail
An inter-ministerial panel will decide on the contentious issue of opening organised retail to foreign investment after examining stakehold...
- Farmers delay wheat sowing as mills yet to pay cane dues
This is likely to impact the area under wheat this Rabi season and, consequently, the output of wheat in 2008-09, paving the way for import...