Nirmala Sitharaman counters Rahul Gandhi: Swaminathan MSP report was junked by Congress, now shedding crocodile tears for farmersFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized Congress for rejecting the MS Swaminathan report on MSP, citing a UPA cabinet note that clai...
31 Jul, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
UPA govt refused to provide 50% profit on cost to farmers: Agriculture ministerOn Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan criticized the previous UPA government for not implementing the M.S. Swaminathan Com...
30 Jul, 2024, 03.07 PM IST
UPA refused to accept Swaminathan Committee's MSP recommendations. Here's whyThe Swaminathan Committee, commissioned by the National Commission on Farmers between 2004 and 2006, recommended a Minimum Support Price (M...
14 Feb, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Farmers Protests: What is Swaminathan Committee and what did it recommend?Farmers across India are protesting for various demands, including the implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report. The report, chai...
13 Feb, 2024, 06.39 PM IST
PM's charge of lying to farmers baseless: Opposition partiesIn a joint statement on Thursday, Congress, NCP, DMK, PAGD, RJD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP leaders expressed their solidarity ...
24 Dec, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Anna Hazare warns Centre of fast over agriculture-related demands"The Centre had assured that it would take appropriate action on the demands on the basis of the committee's report. Since nothing has been...
14 Dec, 2020, 08.03 PM IST
Anna Hazare warns of `maun-vrat' if agriculture ministry does not write to himHazare had sat on a fast for demands including appointment of Lokpal and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's report for farmers ...
07 Feb, 2019, 10.00 PM IST
Debt waiver notification soon, says Amarinder SinghWith all the organisations urging the state govt to push the central govt into implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report without ...
29 Jun, 2017, 06.00 PM IST
Amit Shah in Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray wants Swaminathan as PresidentSena has been consistently pushing for Mohan Bhagwat as the next president, changed its stand after the RSS chief recently expressed his di...
16 Jun, 2017, 11.08 PM IST
Farmers meet at Delhi to solve loan waivers issue, implement Swaminathan Commission reportMeeting was attended by Raju Shetty from Maharashtra, Yogendra Yadav, VSM Singh from UP, Rampalji Jat from Rajasthan and farmer leaders fro...
16 Jun, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
Farmers hold protest in Haryana to protest MP firingThe farmers, who staged demonstrations in Panchkula, Rohtak and other places, demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the de...
12 Jun, 2017, 09.07 PM IST
Punjab passes resolution to ask Centre for implementation of Swaminathan Commission reportPunjab passed a resolution recommending the state government to approach the Centre for implementing the recommendations of Swaminathan Com...
25 Mar, 2015, 11.36 PM IST
Punjab farmers unhappy with Union Budget"As far as crop diversification is concerned, this budget has not offered anything to the state," an economist RS Ghuman said.
01 Mar, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
- Bharat Kisan Union to launch agitation against government
It threatened to launch an agitation against the government to protest against non-implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report.
08 Jan, 2015, 02.29 AM IST
Khaps demand implementation of Swaminathan Commission reportCrop destruction by stray animals, scarcity of quality manure and seeds were among other issues raised by farmers.
05 Jan, 2015, 03.14 AM IST
- Swaminathan suggests special agri zone for Kuttanad
Eminent agricultural scientist Prof M S Swaminathan has suggested Kerala's rice bowl Kuttanad be made a Special Agricultural Zone (SAZ).
22 Jun, 2007, 09.00 PM IST
- Swaminathan lauds TN govt for pro-farmer policies
Noted agricultural scientist and Chairman of National Commission on Farmers M S Swaminathan has lauded Tamil Nadu government's decisions on...
29 Aug, 2006, 05.30 PM IST