Congress releases manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir electionsCongress has released its manifesto for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, scheduled in three phases starting September 18,...
16 Sep, 2024, 07.30 PM IST
Level-playing field: Why it is important to improve opportunities for women farmers in IndiaThis is due in no small part to India's elevation of women-led development as a core theme in the G20 deliberations. The New Delhi Leaders'...
10 Oct, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
Karnataka budget: Rs 500/month to landless women farm labourers, free bus passes for women and girlsPresenting his government's last budget ahead of polls due by April-May, Bommai said, a new scheme called "Shrama Shakthi" is being launche...
17 Feb, 2023, 03.12 PM IST
Karnataka budget: CM Bommai announces farmer-friendly schemes by raising loan term limits, agri subsidiesSeeking to woo farmers in an election year, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced an increase in the limit of inter...
17 Feb, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Punjab polls: BJP-PLC-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance releases 11-point 'Sankalp' document for rural areasAn 11-point 'Sankalp' (commitments) document was released here on Tuesday, especially for the rural areas of the state. While advocating pr...
08 Feb, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
UP budget focuses on farmer welfare, women and AyodhyaBig budgetary allocations towards road and expressway construction and clean drinking water facilities were made for ongoing projects, ahea...
23 Feb, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
BJP, Congress release poll manifesto for Odisha's assembly electionCongress, leading with NYAY or its monthly Rs 6000 minimum income for the poorest 20 per cent, also talks of a job to each family.
07 Apr, 2019, 09.30 PM IST
Mumbai to Delhi, why farmers like Mathurabai keep marchingAround 200 farmers’ unions organised under the umbrella of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, but each district had been...
02 Dec, 2018, 11.14 AM IST
Why the Budget may not benefit the female kisanHundreds of Ladubens have been documented by the Working Group for Women and Land Ownership (WGWLO), an NGO in Gujarat.
12 Feb, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
Farm loan waiver 'temporarily necessary', says MS SwaminathanUttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments have announced farm loan waivers, while farmers are demanding the same in Madhya Pradesh.
13 Jun, 2017, 10.35 PM IST
Kerala's Kudumbashree to expand organic farming; to woo more womenKerala's all-women network Kudumbashree has decided to expand organic farming extensively across the state and enhance participation of wom...
03 Sep, 2015, 01.28 PM IST
Records may not show, but women farmers dying tooThe cotton belt of Vidarbha reports the highest farmer suicides in the country, but the distress of women cultivators is rarely recorded.
17 May, 2015, 10.42 AM IST
- Kerala on fast-pace growth track: Chandy
Kerala has been able to achieve a faster growth rate than the national average. 'A quarter century back the growth rate was a mere 2%, whic...
26 Jan, 2013, 12.25 PM IST
People can deposit fallow and uncultivated land in government land banks to garner moneyPeople with agricultural land that they do not wish to cultivate will soon have the option of depositing it in government land banks.
11 Apr, 2012, 10.28 AM IST
- IFAD to boost employment prospects in Rajasthan
IFAD has sanctioned a loan of $30.3 million and a grant of $600,000 to boost agricultural production and employment prospects for some 95,0...
21 Oct, 2008, 08.52 PM IST
- Rural women climb success tree from grassroots
Grassroot women, who were once landless labourers or poor housewives, are turning entrepreneurs inspiring scores of women to stick their ne...
14 Jun, 2007, 02.14 AM IST
- PNB launches Kalyani Card scheme for women
On the eve of International Women's Day Punjab National Bank launches novel scheme i.e. "PNB Kalyani Card Yojna" to empower women in rural ...
12 Mar, 2007, 12.15 AM IST