Tag: Farmers

National
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked ICAR to send scientists to farmers' fields

Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked ICAR to send scientists to farmers' fields

Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated...

Cooperatives
IFFCO's Nano Fertilizer Promotion Campaign launched

IFFCO's Nano Fertilizer Promotion Campaign launched

To promote the use of nano fertilizers, the Nano Fertilizer Usage Promotion Mahaabhiyan...

Opinion
Water Crisis: The Major Challenge Facing Farmers in Amrit Kaal

Water Crisis: The Major Challenge Facing Farmers in Amrit Kaal

India is fast moving from being a water-stressed country to a water-scarce country....

Agritech
DBW 327 variety of wheat makes bumper record yield of 33.70 quintals per acre

DBW 327 variety of wheat makes bumper record yield of 33.70 quintals per acre

Farmers of Fatehgadh Sahib district of Punjab and Panipat district of Haryana have...

Agribusiness
Govt starts procurement of gram, may pay farmers more than MSP

Govt starts procurement of gram, may pay farmers more than MSP

The Central Government has started purchasing gram from farmers at Minimum Support...

ELECTIONS 2024
Congress manifesto promises legal guarantee to MSP

Congress manifesto promises legal guarantee to MSP

To fulfil a long-pending demand of farmers across the country, Congress has pledged...

ELECTIONS 2024
Dushyant Chautala slams Saini govt on farmers' issue

Dushyant Chautala slams Saini govt on farmers' issue

Dushyant Chautala demanded that Chief Minister Saini make immediate arrangements...

National
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana enrollment up 27 percent in current fiscal so far

The enrollment under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana PMFBY has increased by 27...

Agribusiness
Now Sugar Industry Presses for Increase in Sugar MSP

Now Sugar Industry Presses for Increase in Sugar MSP

The Central Government recently announced a Rs 25 increase in the Fair and Remunerative...

Agritech
Better long-range forecasts help farmers in climate change adaptation

Better long-range forecasts help farmers in climate change adaptation

A study conducted in Telangana, India, presents the first experimental evidence...

National
Delhi Chalo' march by protesting farmers put on hold for two days

Delhi Chalo' march by protesting farmers put on hold for two days

Farmer leaders have put their march to the national capital on hold for two days...

National
What proposal did the Center give to the farmers? Which crops will get at MSP for 5 years?

What proposal did the Center give to the farmers? Which crops will get at MSP for 5 years?

The Central Government has put forward a proposal before the farmers, under which...

National
20 months, 36 meetings, still waiting for MSP committee report: Farmers ready for Delhi march

20 months, 36 meetings, still waiting for MSP committee report: Farmers ready for Delhi march

The central government had promised to form a committee to find a solution to the...

States
UP budget targets 5.1pc agri growth in FY25

UP budget targets 5.1pc agri growth in FY25

With farmers in Uttar Pradesh Accounting for a sizeable chunk of voters, the state...

States
Cong for extension of paddy procurement drive in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh

Cong for extension of paddy procurement drive in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh

Claiming that more than five lakh farmers are yet to sell their paddy produce, the...