While the usage of electronic modes to transfer the minimum support price (MSP) to farmers is to check diversion and avoid delays, the new ...

Of this, 158.52 lakh tonnes of paddy stands procured across the state. Singh said as many as 28.69 lakh passes have been issued by the Mand...

"The market committees will issue coupons to Arthiyas (commission agents) who in turn will give them to farmers, who are associated with th...

The food ministry has directed the states to regularly update data on the purchase of foodgrains and money disbursement to farmers along wi...

MSP for procurement won’t be routed via middlemen in these two states; agents or arthiyas likely to oppose new system.

The central government had recently raised the MSP on medium-staple fibre cotton by 28% to Rs 5,150 per quintal and long-staple by 26% to R...

From Punjab to Kerala, and from Maharashtra to Bengal, rural India is silently suffering the cash crunch although many say something good m...

The move will help resolve discrepancies faced by farmers, arthiyas, traders and procurement agencies that essentially lead to revenue loss.

It may be recalled that Rs 5,938 crore have already been released to farmers and arthiyas and the remaining are being despatched.

With the Punjab government emphasising on crop diversification programme, area under basmati crop surged by 55 per cent to 8.62 lakh hectar...

With paddy arrivals yet to pick up across Punjab, the state government now plans to make direct payments to farmers.

Commission agents (arthiyas) are holding a protest in Punjab over direct payment to paddy farmers this season.

Retail FDI is on hold. Commission agents, the supposed bad boys of farm products' retail, can carry on. Do we underplay their role as marke...

The central government has backed down under pressure from middleman-commission agents on making direct payment to paddy farmers for their ...

FCI has made a small beginning by procuring 217 tonne of paddy and making direct payment to farmers in Punjab amidst protests in the state ...

As farmer unions across Punjab and Haryana plan to stage protests over reports of the ministry of food issuing directions to private player...

Even as the proponents and opponents of guar seed futures trade up the ante, a definitive change in the trading pattern has become obvious.