Haryana paid Rs 2,696 crore to farmers for crop damage: Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant ChautalaThe Deputy Chief Minister said that Haryana being an agrarian State, the state government is conscious of its responsibility to safeguard t...
03 Mar, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
Jobless growth turning into job-loss growth: Manmohan SinghThe former Prime Minister advocated well thought out policies and implementation strategies to stimulate industrial and commercial sectors.
17 Feb, 2019, 06.14 PM IST
Unseasonal rains damaged rabi crops worth Rs 20,000 crore: CSEIndia may have to import 10 lakh tonnes of wheat in the current year as about 68.2 lakh tonnes were damaged due to unseasonal rainfall.
27 Nov, 2015, 03.40 PM IST
Farm distress: Centre wants states to properly implement its irrigation schemesCiting data and review report, he said, "States have been given highest relief amount under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government.
27 Nov, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan wants felicitation event cancelled due to agrarian crisisShivraj Singh Chouhan wants the BJP to call off a function in Bhopal next month wherein he will be felicitated for completing ten years in ...
19 Oct, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
Punjab whitefly attack: Centre to test 1,000 pesticide samplesThe Punjab government has already sent these samples to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
09 Oct, 2015, 04.53 PM IST
- All India Kisan Sabha asks Centre to embrace environment protection measures
The AIKS, which held its council meeting in Maharashtra's Vardha from July 10-12 to discuss present "agrarian crisis" in the country, also ...
14 Jul, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
CSE rings alarm bell on country's 'agrarian crisis'India's agrarian crisis is now reaching its tipping point due to "vague" government policies, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said
24 Jun, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
Congress demands emergency session of Punjab Assembly to discuss farmers suicidesKhaira said besides the issue of farmers suicide, the Assembly should be convened to introduce regulation of rural credit system.
12 Jun, 2015, 01.38 PM IST
Maharashtra lowers calamity-hit crop loss percentage to 33%Maharashtra government decided to bring down the crop loss percentage, which is crucial in awarding compensation to farmers whose crop is h...
05 May, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi likely to visit BR Ambedkar's birthplace, meet DalitsThe visit is being planned at a time when Congress has chalked out year-long programme to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of the lege...
01 May, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh slow in realising extent of agrarian damage; Centre drags feetThe state government has blamed the Centre for giving just `253 crore for relief and compensation when the extent of the loss is many times...
24 Apr, 2015, 03.55 AM IST
Budget 2015: No healing touch to distressed farmers in Vidarbha: VJASThis year, the Maha govt officially declared that 60 per cent of its villages were facing a "severe drought" .
28 Feb, 2015, 03.50 PM IST
Maharashtra farmer suicides: 50% of kin denied reliefAn RTI application has revealed that of the total 5,698 suicides, spouses of 2,731 victims have been found ineligible to receive govt aid.
09 Feb, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Budget 2015: Vidarbha farmers demand time bound budgetary allocationsMaharashtra's Vidarbha region has witnessed hundreds of suicides by the farmers in the past due to debt, drought and crop failure.
04 Feb, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
- Maharashtra agrarian crisis massive: Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti
Standing crop on more than two million hectares in Maharashtra has been damaged due to "unprecedented" agrarian crisis, Vidarbha Jan Andola...
25 Aug, 2012, 07.58 PM IST
- All India Kisan Sabha stages protest
Farmers under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha on Wednesday staged a sit in, in the Anaj Mandi at Mandi Dabwali to protest against what ...
06 Mar, 2008, 04.06 PM IST