Tag: Rakesh Tikait
Potato Farmers in UP Face Losses as Govt Procurement Rate Triggers Price Drop, Rs 6.5/Kg Fails to Cover Costs
Potato farmers in Uttar Pradesh are facing mounting losses as falling market prices...
UP Sugar Mills Crush 6.3 Million Tonnes Less Cane, Farmers Lose Rs 2,500 Crore, Yet Data Show Higher Production
A shortage in sugarcane supply to mills in Uttar Pradesh has exposed deep structural...
No hike in sugarcane price in UP: SAP stays at ₹370, major setback for farmers
The UP government has not increased the sugarcane price this year. This decision...
UP sugarcane farmers face uncertainty as crushing season begins without declaring SAP
Sugarcane farmers have held significant influence over UP's politics. However, this...
Farmers protest against Centre at 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' in Delhi
Farmers converged at the historic Ramlila Ground in Delhi in large numbers on Thursday...
Farmers block Shamli road demanding sugarcane payment; outstanding dues amount to Rs 338cr
Sugarcane farmers of Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh are facing the crisis of delay...
Crushing season tastes bitter for UP sugarcane growers
Almost three months into the sugarcane crushing cycle, the Uttar Pradesh government...
Farmers stage rallies in state capitals on “Raj Bhawan Chalo” call of SKM
On the call of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmers staged protest gatherings at...
Farmer organizations discuss digitalization in agriculture
A two-day workshop on 'Digitalisation in Agriculture: A Discussion with Farmers’...
Farmer leaders favour agriculture-zonal planning to reduce fertilizer dependence
In view of the supply crisis arising out of the Russian-Ukraine war and the ever-increasing...
Bhupinder Singh Hooda meets farmer organizations before Congress Chintan Shivir
Former Haryana chief minister and opposition leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda met the...
Telangana CM KCR gets Rakesh Tikait’s support against Centre on paddy procurement issue
The controversy between the Centre and the Telangana Government on the paddy procurement...
Why Jats became so significant in UP elections
What has made the Jats with only 4 per cent population so significant in UP that...
Farmers’ organizations disappointed with the Budget
Like every Union Budget, the 2022-23 edition has pleased some and disappointed others....
BKU rejects FSSAI’s proposed draft GMO regulations
In a letter to the FSSAI, the Bharatiya Kisan Union has expressed its “serious objections”...
Unpaid dues to cane farmers in UP Rs 7,000 crore for current season; another Rs 1,500 crore remains from previous one
Sugar mills bought 465.25 lt of cane from the farmers in the crushing season 2021-22...
