The Congress suggested changes to farm laws that would see the Agricultural Market Produce Committees (AMPC) Act abolished
20 Sep 2020 1:50 PM
The government raised the price at which it will buy new-season rice from farmers by 2.9%
18 Jun 2020 2:57 PM
The act was aimed at protecting farmers from exploitation by institutional buyers such as large retailers and food processors
04 Jun 2020 8:50 AM
The country-wide lockdown has led to a labour shortage across rural India, crimping the harvest and preventing bagging and movement of it
17 May 2020 12:50 PM
Top-100 universities will be permitted to automatically start online courses by May 30, 2020
17 May 2020 12:26 PM
Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in coal sector
17 May 2020 9:45 AM
Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points
15 May 2020 5:42 PM
As per the agriculture ministry data, the central government has released funds to 43.20 lakh farmers.
12 Dec 2019 1:21 PM
Gowda's daughter Amulya said that seeing the success of her father's trick, other villagers have also started doing so.
03 Dec 2019 12:23 PM
The rains have been particularly harsh on the farmers sowing vegetables like cauliflower, spinach, coriander, radish, peas, and broccoli.
29 Nov 2019 2:58 PM
Only 0.01 per cent (1.36 lakh boxes) of 11 crore boxes has been purchased directly from growers so far.
16 Nov 2019 6:15 PM
Heavy rains in October and November have brought more misery to India’s farmers.
16 Nov 2019 12:20 PM
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited Sangli and Satara districts in Western Maharashtra.
16 Nov 2019 3:48 AM
As of October 31, the crop burning contributed 44 per cent to Delhi’s PM2.5 level.
13 Nov 2019 4:41 PM
In another tweet, she attacked the government over farmers allegedly not getting the right price for onions.
11 Nov 2019 9:51 AM
The MP further alleged that the Congress government in the state was engaged in 'divisive and destructive' politics.
05 Nov 2019 8:58 AM
As per initial data, crops on 54.22 lakh hectares across 325 talukas in the state have been damaged.
05 Nov 2019 7:10 AM
As per an initial evaluation, crops on 54.22 lakh hectares across 325 talukas in the state have been damaged.
04 Nov 2019 1:03 PM
Important crops such as jawar, paddy, cotton, maize, tur and soya bean have been damaged.
04 Nov 2019 1:54 AM
'I had grown maize in eight acres of land and more than half of the field is destroyed,' a farmer told.
03 Nov 2019 5:08 PM