Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...
10 May, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
TVK Manifesto: Here’s what Thalapathy Vijay promised for women, farmers, youth and others ahead of Tamil Nadu elections. Read full manifesto hereTVK Manifesto: Tamil actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is making a strong debut in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results 2026...
04 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
Union budget 2024: Making a case for sustainable agrarian practices and inclusive growthBudget: Modi's recent focus on PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi aimed to support farmers. The upcoming Union budget may lean towards populism, highlig...
04 Jul, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
Cyclone Michaung flattens crops in Andhra Pradesh, leaves farmers in despairWhile the state government has assured compensation, the tenant farmers, a severely affected lot are not hopeful of relief as they believe ...
07 Dec, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Over 52 lakh Andhra farmers get Rs 5,500 each under first tranche of YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan schemeUnder this scheme, the AP government doles out Rs 13,500 financial assistance to all landless SC, ST, BC and minority tenant farmers, inclu...
01 Jun, 2023, 02.52 PM IST
Congress manifesto for 2023 Telangana polls will have sharp focus on farming issues: Rahul GandhiGandhi, who resumed his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Telangana after a four-day Diwali break, had an interaction with farmers and farmers' repres...
27 Oct, 2022, 07.58 PM IST
View: Give income support, not fertiliser subsidyFertiliser subsidy is paid to fertiliser companies, which are free to set ‘reasonable’ prices. This must change. With the direct benefit tr...
21 May, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
Why Telangana election might just become a proxy battle between TRS and farmersA landmark farmer investment support scheme launched by the Telangana government now threatens to bog TRS down in the state elections
14 Dec, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
Dialling for inclusive growth in budgetThe net impact on food inflation may not be significant.
06 Feb, 2018, 11.14 AM IST
View: Budget has some useful suggestion that might have escaped public glare or have been wrongly interpretedThere are a couple of quite useful suggestions that might have escaped the public glare or have caught the public glare with the wrong inte...
06 Feb, 2018, 07.26 AM IST
Agri experts pitch for income security for farmers in BudgetAgriculture provides employment to 48.9 per cent of the total work force in India although their contribution to the GDP is less than 20 pe...
05 Dec, 2017, 05.09 PM IST
Budget 2016: Tenant farmers to be recognised as genuine cultivators as part of PM Modi’s push to end rural woesThe package will include a rural credit drive and innovative financing through a dedicated fund within the Nabard to build irrigation facil...
15 Feb, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
Hope in loan card: Loan eligibility cards for tenant farmers may be national solution to farmer distressMillions of tenant farmers don’t have access to zero interest crop loans or relief packages. Loan eligibility cards for tenant farmers — is...
09 Sep, 2015, 02.04 PM IST
Rs 100-cr crop loans to be disbursed to farmers in East Godavari district of Andhra PradeshEligible tenant farmers in East Godavari district to get Loan Eligibity Card card in move to disburse Rs 100 crore worth crop loans.
23 Aug, 2014, 02.48 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2014: AAP inking agriculture policy to connect with rural votersPolicy makers have expressed concern that despite the deep rooted problems, there has been little or no debate by political parties on this...
20 Mar, 2014, 11.16 AM IST
Declining farm rentals worry rural landlordsThe decline in rents is in stark contrast to the significant appreciation in the capital cost of farmland across the country.
07 Feb, 2012, 08.58 AM IST
- Farm credit surges, so does moneylenders' hegemony
The number of farmers borrowing from moneylenders has risen to levels not seen since independence, despite doubling of agricultural credit ...
11 Sep, 2010, 04.18 AM IST