farmers
Govt may hold back Q4 fertiliser subsidy to meet fiscal deficit goal
The subsidy payment through special banking arrangement attracts interest liability for the government.
Goyal asks PSBs to step up lending to MSMEs, farmers
Govt-RBI-bankers meet discusses ways to boost loan recoveries, credit disbursal.
Maharashtra govt to disburse Rs 2900 crore for drought relief measures
151 Tahsil, 268 Mandals, 923 villages have been declared drought affected.
Farmers in Amethi raises anti-Rahul Gandhi slogans
Farmers staged a protest and raised slogans against Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Interest-free, Rs 1 lakh loan for farmers soon
The Interest Subvention Scheme (ISS) for short-term crop loans would be a bonanza for farmers
Strengthen agriculture by long-term structural changes: Naidu
Farming is our basic culture providing livelihood to nearly 60 per cent of our population.
Parties in a race to woo farmers ahead of Lok Sabha polls
The ruling BJP is also trying to win over farmers by proposing to start a pension scheme for peasants.
PM mulls cash handouts, other options for farmers
It remains to be seen whether these programmes are announced as part of the interim Budget due to be present on February 1.
A wishlist for 2019: To brighten India’s future
Let us hope that the parliamentary elections in 2019 throw up a result that is good for the country.
Odisha seeks financial assistance for helping drought-affected farmers
The crop loss of nearly 33pc has been recorded in pockets of nine districts in Odisha.