Tag: Harvir Singh
UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers
According to the data from the UP Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department...
Weak monsoon leads to reduction in Kharif area by 80 lakh hectares; big drop in pulses and oilseeds causes inflation fears
As per the latest data released by the Ministry of Agriculture on July 16, the area...
Break in monsoon activity burdensome on farmers; IMD ignored negative IOD in its forecast
Owing to a break in the monsoon activity, there has been 11.3 per cent less rainfall...
Milk prices go up by Rs 2 per litre; increasing costs for the dairy and the farmers the main reason
Amul has decided to revise the milk prices by Rs 2 per litre. The prices of all...
DR R S Paroda gives reasoning for fixing MSP at C2 cost plus 50 per cent
Dr. R.S. Paroda, former DG, Indian Council for Agricultural Research(ICAR) and Chairman,...
A strategy focused on ‘Farmer First’ required; major policy changes needed in agriculture, including MSP policy: Dr RS Paroda, Chairman TAAS and former DG of ICAR, in an exclusive interview
RuralVoice has completed six months of its journey today. The journey that lies...
UP govt silent on interest on arrear payments; will SC decide sugarcane farmers’ rights?
Legally, the calculation of arrears starts 14 days after cane supply because farmers...
Increasing inflation may aggravate farmers’ troubles; apprehensions of a fall in demand
While increasing inflation has created troubles on the economic front for the common...
PETA controversy unnecessary; troubles aggravate for milk farmers and dairy industry during the second wave of Covid-19: RS Sodhi, exclusive video interview
The second wave of Covid-19 has had an adverse impact on milk farmers. The reduction...
“We tried to bring in a system where seed quality percentage can be easily assessed.” — Nikhil Das, Agdhi
Nikhil Das is the brain behind Agdhi, an agritech startup based in Bengaluru which...
Six months into the farmers’ movement, govt and farmers both adamant on their respective stances but both want the movement to be over
SKM has even written a letter to PM Narendra Modi asking him to resume the dialogue...
Only phosphate subsidy goes up in NBS notification; will the fertilizer companies bear the increased cost of MOP and other complex fertilizers or the farmers?
The subsidy has gone up only on phosphate in the notification issued by the Department...
Increased prices of DAP and other complex fertilizers put govt under pressure; industry instructed to go for reasonable increase
The government is now filled with apprehensions of political loss due to an increase...
Curious tale of sugarcane price payments by UP sugar mills; Malakpur mill makes zero payment but Parsendi 99.5 per cent
The Modi group sugar mill at Malakpur in Baghpat district of UP is one that has,...
Sugarcane farmers get 92.4 per cent payments in Maharashtra for the current season; only 62.29 per cent in UP
As per the data available, as of May 12, 2021, the UP sugar mills have made 62.29...
Sugarcane farmers’ dues cross Rs 12,000 crores in UP; record earnings for sugar mills
There has been no increase in the SAP for sugarcane in UP for three seasons even...
