Why 2026 Kerala polls are crucial test for Congress-led United Democratic Front after Left front's decade in powerKerala Exit Poll 2026: Exit polls suggest the Congress-led UDF could unseat Kerala's ruling LDF after a decade in opposition, with projecti...
02 May, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea over MSP linked to cost of cultivationThe Supreme Court is currently reviewing an appeal aimed at elevating the significance of state-led assessments of farming costs in the est...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
Government enthusiastic about tax cuts for super rich but shows no concern for slowdown: Sitaram YechuryIn a series of tweets, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury hit out at the Centre govt over a media report which states that rural hous...
18 Oct, 2019, 03.09 PM IST
BJP’s rural votes show talk of farm crisis misleadingYes, there is a slowdown. But it does not amount to a crisis. That word has been seriously overused.
02 Jun, 2019, 10.28 AM IST
Country going through big employment crisis, will be key issue in Congress campaign: Sam PitrodaPitroda, a long-time Gandhi family adviser and the chief of the Indian Overseas Congress, said “agrarian distress” is also a major issue fa...
24 Mar, 2019, 03.35 PM IST
NDA government policies led to improved farm output, quality of lives in rural areas: Arun JaitleyJaitley said with the current level of investment in the next two decades, the infrastructure in rural areas will come at par with that in ...
04 Dec, 2018, 11.41 PM IST
Farmer organisation to hold protest in Delhi on Nov 29-30Despite PM Modi's recent statements that he had taken initiatives to solve farmers' distress, the issues remain.
27 Nov, 2018, 09.05 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi doesn't know difference between paddy and wheat: Gajendra ShekhwatShekhawat was replying to a query on Gandhi's allegation about agrarian distress in several parts of the country.
07 Oct, 2018, 07.19 PM IST
Government conducting study on agrarian distressIt is an-all India coordinated study conducted in work plan 2016-17 period by Bengaluru-based Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC...
03 Feb, 2017, 05.42 PM IST
Congress demands PM call meeting of CMs of drought hit statesSurjewala told reporters that rural crisis could be gauged from the fact that the spate of "farmer's suicides has increased to an average o...
20 Apr, 2016, 09.41 PM IST
CPI(M) peasants' wing plans nationwide protests on farmer suicidesThe peasants' organisation said more than 3.20 lakh farmers have killed themselves over the past two-and-a-half decades.
30 Aug, 2015, 11.40 AM 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
Rahul Gandhi undertakes padyatra on farmers' issueThe padyatra and interaction with farmer families will continue through Laxmanchanda, Pottupalli, Rachapur and Vadial in Laxmanchanda manda...
15 May, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
AIKS demands withdrawal of Land Acquisition OrdinanceIn an open letter, AIKS sought Modi's response to 11 questions on "agrarian crisis".
25 Apr, 2015, 08.25 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s 'Kisan Yatra' to start from TelanganaAll India Congress Committee general secretary in charge of media, Randeep Surjewala, told ET that dates for the Telangana visit have been ...
25 Apr, 2015, 12.46 AM IST
- Farming does kill, no matter how you say it
Earlier this month, when the state told the Prime Minister’s Office that farm suicides in Vidarbha were on the decline, it had the right st...
02 Jun, 2007, 12.05 AM IST
- Govt must invest for more jobs: CPM
CPM has asked the UPA government to make a ‘paradigm shift’ in its policy prescription for economic reforms by infusing higher doses of pub...
28 Aug, 2006, 03.35 AM IST