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A(I) rich harvest: Big Tech, startups arming farmers with real-time insights to boost yields, sustainabilityThe farm sector is battling productivity and sustainability challenges with unpredictable climate changes thrown in. AI is lending farmers ...
BJP, SP left us in the lurch, will choose 'NOTA', say farmers in UP's Lakhimpuri Kheri ahead of upcoming Assembly pollsAccording to the Cane Control Order 1966, in case of non-payment of the outstanding cane price within 14 days, sugar mill owners will have ...
Implement orders of panel on air quality management to curb pollution, SC tells Centre, NCR statest a five-member enforcement task force has been set up to contain air pollution in Delhi and NCR. Forty such squads would monitor the imple...
Political, personal reasons behind Varun Gandhi's 'Hindu-Sikh' battle remarkOn Sunday, Varun Gandhi had tweeted, “An attempt to turn #LakhimpurKheri into a Hindu vs Sikh battle is being made. Not only is this an imm...
Naxal activities have come down in Chhattisgarh: GovernorUikey said schemes like response allowance, 'Spandan' and 'Sanvedana' campaign (to address grievances of police personnel and their familie...
BJP plans to reach out to khap leaders in western Uttar Pradesh“We will go and sit with farmers in the region and try to hear them out,” Union minister Sanjeev Balyan told ET after a meeting with Jat le...
UP oppn alliance's first rally, Mayawati says BJP will lose due to its policy 'inspired by hatred'The BSP chief said, "Our government, instead of giving minimum income support, will give employment to poor people. "
On 'Kisan Night' Ramlila Maidan resonates with demands for farmers' 'haq'As the iconic Ramlila Maidan here became the halt for the night for thousands of farmers, echoes of demands for their "haq" (right) resonat...
Why loan waivers won’t fix India's agriculture woesLoan waivers could prove to be a huge drain for the exchequer and might deal a blow to the creation of much-needed infrastructure in agricu...
After grim harvest, will farmers in Uttar Pradesh vote as one?In fertile west UP, where sugarcane is grown on 70% of cultivable land, farmers dominate the electorate, up to 75% in pockets of Baghpat an...
Keshav Prasad Maurya predicts one-sided win for BJP in Western UPMaurya said that 95% of upset partymen have been made to understand the compulsions of ticket distribution and were campaigning.
Provide relief to farmers or face protests: NCP to FadnavisNCP president Sharad Pawar met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, seeking relief to farmers affected by drought across the state.
Bihar government has lifted only half of foodgrain quota: Ramvilas PaswanGiven that Bihar gets 4.69 lakh tonnes of foodgrains per month from the Centre for distribution to beneficiaries, it has procured only seve...
Uttarakhand government announces interest waiver on loans to farmersPromising all help to farmers in affected areas, he said they have been exempted from paying their water and electricity bills for one year.
Private firms like Cargill, others look to gain from implementation of food security billThe food security law, which will be implemented with the help of an ordinance, will also raise grain procurement by state agencies.
- UP Budget: Akhilesh Yadav waives farm loan, to give dole & computers
The budget has Rs 2,721 crore for providing tablets and laptops for students who pass Class X and XII, respectively.
- Akhilesh Yadav presents maiden budget; expects GSDP to grow at 14%
Akhilesh said government will take all steps to raise investors confidence in the state and they see a major role being played by private i...