Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal announces 2% interest subvention for farmers hit by natural calamitiesThere is need for structured income support for poor, landless farmers to meet input cost, the FM said, adding that the government will als...
01 Feb, 2019, 10.28 PM IST
Why no national policy to help calamity-hit farmers, asks Supreme CourtThe bench suo motu decided to convert the appeal into a PIL and issued notices to the Centre, states and Union Territories. It asked them t...
28 Jan, 2017, 11.32 AM IST
Create disaster mitigation fund: Supreme Court instructs Centre on droughtThe bench directed Centre to implement the provisions of Disaster Management Act and fix a time limit for declaration of drought on scienti...
11 May, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal likely to address farmers next week; may announce reliefOn March 14, the Delhi CM had ordered Divisional Commissioner A Anbarasu to assess the damage to crops due to unseasonal hailstorm and rain...
26 Mar, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
Modi government a non-serious regime, betraying farmers: Jyotiraditya ScindiaLok Sabha Jyotiraditya Scindia today termed the NDA government at the Centre as "non-serious" regime which has been "betraying" farmers.
13 Mar, 2016, 09.08 PM IST
No money paid by Centre to Uttar Pradesh for farmers: Shivpal Singh Yadav"Not a single penny has been paid (by Centre) to the UP government in spite of its memorandum of Rs 7,500 crore for providing relief to far...
16 May, 2015, 08.56 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
Parkash Singh Badal seeks comprehensive package for farmers from PM ModiBadal today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "immediately" come to the rescue of the beleaguered farmers
24 Apr, 2015, 11.14 PM IST
Nabard willing to help farmers hit by calamities“We are asking all our district offices to convene district-level consultative committee meetings to assess the situation,” he said.
01 Apr, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Where was Congress President Sonia Gandhi earlier when farmers faced bad times: Shivraj Singh ChouhanChouhan alleged that "when UPA government was in power we used to get very less compensation in comparison to the actual damage"
01 Apr, 2015, 04.27 PM IST
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh to stage week-long hunger strike in GunaSingh also appealed to the farmers that if they are affected with the issues, they should stage protest near highway of their respective vi...
05 Jul, 2014, 06.19 PM IST
Maharashtra government package for hailstorm-hit farmers too late: BJPIt would just remain on paper as happened during some earlier calamities, BJP state unit president Devendra Fadnavis told reporters here.
20 Mar, 2014, 02.50 PM IST
MP farmers' woes: Chouhan embarks on fast against government apathyChouhan also hit out at the Congress for dubbing his visit to the affected villages as 'Ola paryatan'(hail-tourism) and accused its leaders...
06 Mar, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
- Chandrababu Naidu shifted to ICU; CM adamant
Kiran came under fire from the Opposition as he refused to enhance the compensation package for calamity-hit farmers as demanded by the TDP...
23 Dec, 2010, 10.41 PM IST
- Naidu arrested after staging protest near Assembly premises
N Chandrababu Naidu was arrested today as he staged a sit-in on a road adjacent to the state assembly building demanding that the govt imme...
13 Dec, 2010, 10.02 PM IST
- Orissa seeks Rs 844 crore relief from centre
Orissa government declared 3264 revenue villages and 41 notified area councils in 70 blocks of 15 districts as drought-hit and directed the...
24 Nov, 2009, 09.04 PM IST
- Punjab govt announces Rs 16.35 crore relief for farmers
In a bid to provide succour to the farmers hit by severe cold and frost during last winter, Punjab government on Monday announced a Rs 16.3...
01 Apr, 2008, 12.07 AM IST