Joshi, 81, was suffering from age-related ailments and the end came at his residence here, according to his family.

"Saddened by the demise of an advocate, an activist and a leader of farmers, an economist Sharad Joshi," Fadnavis said.

Joshi's statement assumes significance in the light of Pawar's latest announcement calling for 'jail bharo' agitation to highlight the farm...

Veteren farmer leader Sharad Joshi, who started the protest against the BJP government in the state, was arrested on Sunday afternoon and l...

The farmers are worried over crop damages to grapes, oranges, cotton, soya and other major crop due to lack of adequate rainfall this seaso...

Farmer welfare organisation Shetkari Sanghathan took out a rally demanding to exclude onion and potato from list of essential commodities.

Sharad Joshi, founder of the Shetkari Sangathana, welcomes the decision of allowing FDI in retail in an interview with ET. Excerpts:

The move is in response to the Supreme Court imposed ban on sale of the controversial pesticide in the country for two months from mid-May ...

Renowned agricultural economist Ashok Gulati today suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should further tighten the monetary polic...

Demanding a uniform guideline for acquisition of their land, a farmers' convention on Sunday accused the government of failing in providing...

The Abhijit Sen Committee may end up skirting the politically-touchy issue of a ban on commodity futures after all.

The government appointed panel on futures trading will meet tomorrow to iron out the points of contentions, after differences of opinion em...

The Abhijit Sen committee, set up by the Centre to establish impact of futures trading on essential food items, may miss the deadline for s...

Bajaj Auto Chairman and Rajya Sabha member Rahul Bajaj has said that in a zest to secure tax holidays, developers are gradually turning Spe...

He said the cos must give the farmers the right value, and not the subsidised rates.

Undeterred by the suspension of futures trading, related foreign brokerage such as FMI Financial Markets International and future NCDEX Nat...

The government may slash customs duty on refrigerated trucks to 7.5%. Capital goods required in food processing could also see reduction in...