Paddy procurement: Punjab farmers decide to lift road blockadeFarmers protesting in Punjab over slow paddy procurement have decided to lift blockades from four highways after a meeting with Punjab mini...
27 Oct, 2024, 09.59 PM IST
Over 5,000 hectares of agricultural land affected by ethnic strife in Manipur5127 hectares of agricultural land in Manipur have been affected due to ethnic strife, resulting in a loss of 15,437 metric tons of paddy c...
02 Mar, 2024, 09.55 PM IST
Manipur moots crop compensation package for violence-affected farmersAn independent survey conducted by Loumee Shinmee Apunba Lup, a farmers' body, claimed that a total of around 9,719 hectares of paddy field...
01 Oct, 2023, 11.45 PM IST
Singur: Bharatiya Janata Kisan Morcha embarks upon three-day-dharna against TMC's policiesThe BJKM had chosen Singur, in a symbolic move, to protest against Trinamool Congress' farm related policies leading to the farmer's depriv...
14 Dec, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
At Niti meeting, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh raises farm laws, vaccination, GST compensationSingh, who could not attend the meeting as he was unwell, also expressed concerns over the threat to Punjab's agriculture sector as a resul...
20 Feb, 2021, 06.10 PM IST
Farm wages doubled in many agricultural districts as migrants labourers returned homeFarmers are trying to lure migrants back by offering them rail tickets and other incentives. Many farmers in Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, ...
29 May, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Rice exports to squeeze due to MSP, scanty rainsTo supplement farm income, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) increased paddy procurement price by 13 per cent in 2018 and this year.
12 Jul, 2019, 06.59 PM IST
North India stares at pall of smoke as stubble burning kicks offAs Punjab and Haryana begin burning crop stubble, skies will again darken in Delhi and adjacent areas.
21 Oct, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Opposition targets Haryana goverment on 'paddy scam', demands probeThe House had taken up the discussion on a 'calling attention' motion moved separately by the Congress and INLD which was later clubbed.
01 Dec, 2015, 02.32 AM IST
Bad weather continues to haunt farmers, relief programmes yet to take offPaddy farmers in West Bengal and Kerala have also been hit. Bengal farmers say the government is yet to announce compensation.
20 May, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
Samajwadi Party demands compensation for rain-hit farmers in OdishaOdisha unit of Samajwadi Party today demanded that the state government announce compensation for the farmers who lost their crops due to u...
03 Jan, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: Farmers warn government to protest against paddy MSP decisionFarmers'union Bharatiya Kisan Sangh criticised BJP government in Chhattisgarh for restricting paddy procurement at MSP to 10 quintal per ac...
04 Nov, 2014, 08.16 PM IST
Centre will compensate Punjab farmers hit by deficient rains: Harsimrat Kaur BadalHarsimrat Kaur Badal today said government at Centre had promised to give adequate compensation to Punjab farmers affected by deficient mon...
17 Aug, 2014, 10.23 AM IST
- Gone with the wind: Rs 2k cr
Even as the Ashok Chavan government desperately looks for ways to improve the state’s revenue receipts, the unseasonal rains that accompani...
23 Nov, 2009, 02.22 AM IST
- More sugar for festivals: Pawar
Spot sugar prices have risen over 55% due to lower output.
29 Aug, 2009, 03.02 AM IST
- Basmati farming catching on in Kerala
Basmati rice cultivation is finding more takers in Kerala at a time the state is heavily dependent on rice import from other regions in the...
01 May, 2009, 03.15 AM IST
- Centre plans to dole out Rs 7,000 cr to farmers
The Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has revised its earlier recommendation for the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy...
26 Sep, 2002, 06.29 AM IST