Weaker monsoon prediction, Iran war cloud growth outlookIndia's rural economy is faced with potential challenges. A weaker monsoon and rising farm costs from the Iran war could impact growth this...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.09 AM IST
Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...
18 Apr, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
Supreme court seeks views on MSP PILThe Supreme Court is examining a petition demanding minimum support prices for crops be set using a weighted average cost of production acr...
14 Apr, 2026, 01.17 AM 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
Drought Relief: 70% of Karnataka farmers are small & marginal, Krishna Byre Gowda tells Nirmala Sitharaman, seeks fundsThe government, the minister said, had placed Aadhaar-lined alternate data sets to substantiate that 70% of farmers in Karnataka were small...
23 Nov, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
Farmers marching to Parliament stopped some distance awayFarmers from different parts of the country, including Andhra , Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and UP have come to Delhi...
30 Nov, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh election 2018: BJP will Win , Opposition unite or not, says Kailash VijayvargiyaDismissing claims of farm distress and calling the farmers’ march to Delhi a politically motivated event organised by the Congress and Left...
13 Oct, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
It is partial relief for farmers: Rahul Gandhi on Uttar Pradesh loan waiverGandhi said the Centre should not discriminate amongst states and no politics should be played with farmers suffering across the country.
05 Apr, 2017, 12.06 PM IST
Middle class 'cheated', farmers deprived: Arvind Kejriwal on Budget 2016Kejriwal today said, accusing the Narendra Modi government of "cheating" them while questioning the black money amnesty scheme.
29 Feb, 2016, 05.20 PM IST
Budget 2016: Rs 15,000 crore set aside for agriculture loan write off, says FM Arun JaitelyThe FM announced setting aside of Rs 15,000 crore for loan subvention for agricultural loans taken by farmers.
29 Feb, 2016, 12.47 PM IST
Over 3,000 farmers committed suicide in last three years: Jayant Sinha tells parliamentCiting NCRB data, Sinha said the major causes of suicide include indebtedness, crop failure, drought, socio-economic and personal condition...
24 Jul, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to embark on Kisan Padyatra to reach out to farmersSources said the Padyatra could begin either from Vidarbha in Maharasthra or some district including Medak from Telangana, the two regions.
27 Apr, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
Members in Lok Sabha voice for speedy aid, loan waiver to help farmersLS voiced concern over losses caused by unseasonal rains and hailstorms to the farm sector and demanded expeditious assistance to farmers i...
24 Apr, 2015, 11.09 PM IST
IFFCO to give Rs 10 crore for distressed farmersThe cooperative body will pay up to Rs 25,000 per farmer within the next three months, depending on the damages.
23 Apr, 2015, 08.38 PM IST
NDA government more prompt than UPA in addressing farmers' woes: BJPThe BJP-led NDA government has gone forward with great sensitivity at a time when Indian farmers are terribly distressed due to unseasonal ...
10 Apr, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
Telangana farmers are in distress, government indifferent: CongressLakshmaiah, who appraised party chief Sonia Gandhi of the prevailing situation in Telangana, alleged that over 300 farmers have committed s...
29 Oct, 2014, 09.11 PM IST
Plight of sugarcane farmers raised in Rajya SabhaRaising the issue during Zero Hour, K C Tyagi said while the government is not bothered about the plight of lakhs of sugarcane growers.
18 Dec, 2013, 05.55 PM IST