Farmer Income

Unfinished agenda: Pain points and what's on offer in Budget 2023

An agriculture accelerator fund has been announced. It is aimed at encouraging start-ups by entrepreneurs in rural areas

Chhattisgarh govt transfers Rs 1,866 crore to farmers, women SHGs

Chhattisgarh is the only state that has been procuring paddy from farmers at Rs 2,500 per quintal, which is higher than what the Centre has set

Ethanol plants to generate green jobs, raise farmer income: PM Modi

India's ethanol blending in petrol has increased to 10.16 per cent in 2022

Farmers' average income grew 1.3-1.7x between FY18 and FY22, says SBI study

Adds that farm loan waivers benefitted just 50% of farmers since 2014; MSP has been instrumental in boosting incomes

Rising tractor purchases sign of growing farmer incomes in Chhattisgarh

The increasing number of tractors being purchased in Chhattisgarh signifies that the farmers in the state are prospering as a tractor is considered a symbol of the economic prosperity of a farmer

Higher food prices to aid farm income, even as costs rise: BofA Securities

A normal monsoon will help raise agri output while higher food prices will help increase farm incomes, says the report

Congress to discuss polarization, farmer issues at Chintan Shivir

During the program, the Congress leaders will discuss the Centre-State relationship, the situation of the northeastern states, the Jammu and Kashmir issue, and communal polarization

Repeal of 3 farm laws a setback for doubling farmers' income: Niti member

Farm sector growth to be around 3% in FY22; can improve in FY23 if monsoon, other conditions are favourable: Niti member Ramesh Chand

Committee on MSP to be set up 'very soon in near future': Agri Secy

Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal said on Monday that the committee will be formed soon

Climate change may reduce farm incomes by 15% in India, finds study

It finds that on a high-emissions pathway, climate impacts spiral to cause devastating damage across the G20.

E-marketplace for marine products to raise farmer income: Piyush Goyal

Launching e-Santa, the minister said the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business on word-of-mouth basis and will make the system more formal and legally binding

'Doubling farm income won't be achieved if agri laws aren't implemented'

Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand on Sunday said the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022 will not be fulfilled if the three new farm laws are not implemented immediately

Centre pursuing target of doubling farmers' income by 2022: Narendra Tomar

He said the implementation of various recommendations of the committee and comprehensive interventions of the government are "having a positive impact on growth of agriculture and income of farmers"

Budget Byte: Farmer income support nears target, but gap remains

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

Govt focussing on growth of food processing to boost farmers' income: Tomar

Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the government is focusing on growth of the food processing sector as it has potential to boost farmers' income. The prosperity of agriculture and farmers is must for achieving the objective of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Tomar said in an official statement. Inaugurating the student's residential complex and pilot food processing plants in IIFPT, he said the central government has identified food processing as a priority sector for the government and as one of the focus sectors in the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. He said the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is focussing on boosting the food processing industry so that the agriculture sector attains an exponential growth and majorly contributes towards doubling the farmers' income. Tomar laid the foundation stone for new infrastructure proposed to be created in the newly procured land through video conferencing. He inaugurated the students' ...

Fixing farm income is not so simple; govt must take the hard path

The debate must go beyond the binaries spun out by politicians who either condemn the new farm Bills or consider them the agricultural equivalent of the 1991 de-licensing of industry, writes T N Ninan

Modi hails MSP hike, says it will empower farmers and double their income

He also said it is his government's great privilege to work for the welfare of farmers

Why farmer income did not increase under your rule: BJP attacks Congress

BJP MP Bhupender Yadav on Sunday asked the party why the income of hard-working farmers was not increased when Congress was in power.

PM launches Rs 20,050-cr PMMSY to raise fisheries exports, farmer income

PM Modi launched the Rs 20,050 crore PMMSY in 21 states, including Bihar, that will help double fisheries exports, create more employment opportunities and boost income of farmers

Govt on track to doubling farmers' income by 2024: Agri Min official

Recent reforms, including three ordinances to provide barrier-free trading platforms to farmers, are aimed at addressing the post-production challenges and ensuring better returns to farmers, he said