With sops promised, wheat acreage to rise despite poor rainsWheat crop germinates better in wintery conditions.
06 Dec, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Farmers reap richer harvest with futuresAbout 30,500 small farmers used futures market for the first time to sell produce at much higher rates, said NCDEX.
07 Apr, 2017, 11.39 AM IST
Narendra Modi government failed to implement 50% of input cost as MSP: JD(U)Terming Narendra Modi government as anti-farmer and anti-poor, the grand secular alliance in Bihar today came down heavily on the Centre fo...
27 Oct, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
Scanty rainfall may affect election results in poll-bound BiharPolitical parties in the state have started a blame game on whether the Modi govt or Nitish Kumar dispensation in the state is responsible.
05 Jun, 2015, 04.46 AM IST
Bihar polls: People will teach BJP a lesson, says Sachin PilotCongress leader Sachin Pilot today said that the public would teach a lesson to the BJP in Bihar Assembly elections due later this year.
22 May, 2015, 05.09 PM IST
BJP to play tapes of Nitish Kumar barbs on Lalu Prasad Yadav during campaign"BJP will play cassettes of Nitish Kumar's barbs on Lalu Prasad during NDA rule to remind people of the hostile relations between them," se...
15 Jan, 2015, 06.29 PM IST
Bihar: BJP stalls Assembly on paddy purchase, Jiten Manjhi blames poor weatherJitan Ram Manjhi defended his government saying the delay in paddy procurement was due to bad weather condition which has turned the produc...
23 Dec, 2014, 08.33 PM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan snubs Nitish Kumar on bonus payment"The Centre never banned payment of bonus to farmers in Bihar... the state government is indulging in misleading campaign on the issue," Pa...
30 Nov, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Bihar announces bonus for paddy ignoring Centre's advisorySenior JD(U) leader and former CM Nitish Kumar has been highlighting Centre's note against bonus during his ongoing political rallies.
26 Nov, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
Nitish Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi share dais to dispel reports of differenceManjhi had taken over the reins of the state from Nitish Kumar in May this year after the former resigned in the wake of severe drubbing in...
25 Nov, 2014, 07.46 PM IST
Jitan Ram Manjhi submits 9th annual report of JD(U) governmentManjhi was speaking after releasing the 124-page annual report card of govt on its completion of ninth year and made 9 announcements to mat...
25 Nov, 2014, 04.48 PM IST
Centre asks states not to announce bonus on rice, wheat this yearIt also said the continuous mono-cropping is affecting soil health. Farmers are growing those crops on which states fix bonus.
18 Jul, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
- Nitish Kumar hikes paddy bonus, make MSP on paddy highest in country
The Bihar govt announced an increase of Rs 250 per quintal bonus on procurement of paddy pushing the MSP to Rs 1560 a quintal, highest Indi...
21 Jan, 2014, 08.17 PM IST
Delay in paddy purchase will hamper execution of food law: BJPChief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced implementing food security law in the state from February one.
21 Jan, 2014, 06.28 PM IST
- Crisis looms as grain godowns overflow
India could be facing a crisis soon if immediate steps are not taken to ease burden on godowns bulging with grain.
20 Jun, 2011, 09.38 AM IST
- Centre mulls hefty bonus on support price for grain, cane
Centre is now mulling a substantial boost in the procurement price for paddy through announcement of a bonus of Rs 100 over the support pri...
08 Aug, 2009, 01.22 AM IST
- Nitish seeks Pawar's help as FCI godowns overflow with wheat
The Bihar government wants the record procurement of wheat piled up in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns to be moved out of the state...
07 Jun, 2008, 05.45 PM IST