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A landmark Australian law on restricting tobacco use has been upheld at the World Trade Organisation.

Farmers seek rollback of additional levy on cigarettes

GST Council in July raised cess on cigarettes to take away an estimated Rs 5,000 cr annual benefits.

3 Aug 2017 2:24 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Economic Survey: A wake-up call for govt

India is headed for yet another low growth rate next year if the monsoon fails or is patchy.

13 Aug 2017 12:32 AM IST

The issue to be raised during the Chakka Jam on Aug 14.

40 per cent farmers won't get crop insurance: Ajit Nawale

Elaborating on the issue, Dr Nawale said that the government did not accept most of the forms till July 25.

8 Aug 2017 1:51 AM IST

24 per cent higher allocation for agriculture, Rs 1 lakh crore hike in credit target.

Govt must act as fall in prices hurts farmers

The Centre's silence is alarming, specially since the government expects the farmer's income to double by 2022.

15 July 2017 2:13 AM IST

The villagers blamed the government for not desilting the river (Photo: YouTube)

Farmers in Karnataka drag crocodile to safety from mud

The villagers dragged it out with bare hands and poured water in an attempt to save the dehydrated beast.

9 May 2017 3:06 PM IST

BJP turns to local body leaders to boost rural hold

The party will train more than 50,000 leaders of local bodies as part of its campaign.

4 May 2017 1:11 AM IST

Farmers are a priority for the Yogi Adityanath government while butchers were a priority for his predecessor Akhilesh Yadav. (Photo: ANI)

'Akhilesh's priority butchers, farmers important for Yogi'

The UP irrigation minister also said that the Akhilesh Yadav government had done nothing for the farmers.

1 May 2017 3:09 PM IST

Farmers sowed crops on time, but now they will wilt unless rainfall revives in next few days, said Faiyaz Hudani, deputy vice president at Kotak Commodity Services Pvt Ltd.

Farmers see crops wilt due to dry spell

Some farmers may be forced to resow crops but cite lack of funds.

12 July 2017 4:11 AM IST

The farmers, whose loans had been restructured in June 2016, have to settle their debts by March 31.

State seeks funds from Centre for 27,000 farmers

Around 8,000 hectares of wheat in the two districts had to be burnt to prevent the disease from spreading.

29 March 2017 3:35 AM IST

A farmer standing beside a heap of rotten carrots harvested in his fields.

Note ban: Govt offers Rs 21,000 cr credit to farmers

The government's demonetisation move has badly hit farmers leaving them without cash just ahead of the sowing season.

23 Nov 2016 3:36 PM IST

People standing in ATM line to withdraw money

Centre didn't plan well, says Farmers

Dinkar Aher from Kopargaon, who sells his onions in Nashik, said that he received cheques for the agricultural produce...

23 Nov 2016 6:58 AM IST

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray addresses a press conference on partys win in BMC polls at Sena Bhavan. (Photo: AP)

'Assault' of farmer by police at Mantralaya shameful: Sena

Sena said that Fadnavis has not been able to provide compensation to farmers who lost their crop to unseasonal rains and...

27 March 2017 2:54 PM IST