Tag: MSP
Ahead of 2022 polls, Yogi targets 7 MT of paddy procurement
In the run-up to the crucial 2022 UP polls, the Yogi government is targeting to...
MSP for Rabi season 2022-23 declared; wheat MSP up by Rs 40
The CCEA has approved the increase in the MSP for all mandated crops for Rabi Marketing...
Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar attended by lakhs; farm leaders take on BJP
A historic Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat lakhs of farmers from all over the country...
FRP of Rs 290 per quintal approved for sugarcane
The Government has approved the FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the...
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,...
Memorandum to the President about farmers’ anguish and indignation
On June 26, which marked the completion of seven months of the farmers’ protest...
Medicinal plants finding favour with UP farmers
Uttar Pradesh government is looking at encouraging farmers to take up farming of...
Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for 2021-22
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
UP procures more than twenty three Lakh tonnes of wheat, pays Rs 4,600 crore to farmers
Despite an unwavering second wave of Covid-19, the Uttar Pradesh government has...
UP wheat procurement hits million-tonne mark despite the pandemic
The nearly 6,000 procurement centres set up by the state agencies and the FCI in...
Make MSP a legal guarantee
It is important that the farmers get a remunerative price and a fair share for their...
Amid Covid-19 curbs, UP ropes in farm entrepreneurs to procure wheat
Amid rising Covid-19 cases and stiffening curbs, including night curfew and containment...
Pakistan does a U-turn on the decision to import from India though sugar prices are at Rs 96-100 a kilo
There was some bustle in the trade relations between India and Pakistan for a couple...
WHY DO THE NEW FARM LAWS AGITATE FARMERS
It appears beyond anybody’s comprehension how the recently enacted three union farm...
Can WTO's first woman chief address inequities in global farm subsidies
The current WTO rules allow rich countries to liberally subsidise their big agri-businesses,...
Cane price arrears may jump very fast to uncomfortable levels
Low sugar prices, much below the cost of production for the last several months,...