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Collective bargaining for better deals could make contract farming tick

Experts say Act raises questions on provisions that should have been debated

Farmers' income now lowest in 14 years, says Congress leader Manpreet Badal

"The growth in the agriculture sector currently is 3.1 per cent, which was higher when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power," he said

Reformist farm laws that dent status quo have strong basis in data

Numbers show why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests, and why the rest of India is largely silent; experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation

Farm sector will continue to shine in 2020-21 but rural as a whole may not

The non-farm sector occupies a large part of rural income, and unless it grows substantially, just expecting farm growth to bring about rural sector revival is unreasonable, say experts

Winter crop harvest under the weather after thunder, hailstorm forecast

GVA for agriculture and allied activities in 2019-20 is projected to rise at 11.3% at current prices and 3.7% at constant prices

India's fiscal deficit rises to 115% of target in 8 months of FY20

The gap between the government's revenue and spending stood at Rs 8.07 trillion at the end of November - Rs 1 trillion (13 per cent) more than the full-year target.

Avg annual income of Bengal farmers tripled in 8 years of TMC rule: Mamata

Referring to the state's crop insurance policy, Mamata Banerjee said it was run by her government without any help from the Centre

Dream targets: Modi govt needs to show greater purpose to meet macro goals

Targets like $5-trn GDP and 100% export growth by 2025, besides doubling of farm income and increasing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% by 2022, might prove a tall order, writes T N Ninan

Air pollution: Buy crop residue to check stubble burning, MP advises govt

The government has mandated mixing of 10% ethanol in petrol, but only about 6% is being mixed currently

Modi govt plans a massive data bank to directly connect with 115 mn farmers

With the help of this database and use of technology, life of the small and marginal farmers of the country would witness a sea change

Low food prices make doubling of farmers' income tougher: J M Financial

The climatic conditions and sowing patterns have presented a very mixed outlook on agriculture this year. While the South and West seem to be doing well, East and Central India are soft, report said

PM Kisan Yojana: Govt to bring 100 mn farmers under coverage by year-end

Around 5.88 crore small farmers have so far received the first tranche of Rs 2,000 each under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) and 3.40 crore peasants have got the second instalment

PM may launch farm pension scheme next month, enrolment to start from Aug 1

Just as in the case of PM-KISAN, the pension scheme will be officially rolled out only after a requisite number of beneficiaries are enrolled

Why children of farmers in India are less likely to take up farming

For the first time since Independence, India saw a shift of surplus labour from agriculture to the non-agricultural sectors

Rs 6,000 cash dole-out to each farmer may fetch votes for Modi: Report

The report also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high approval rating is possibly because of the low ratings of the other contenders

Despite normal rain, no cheer for farmers as profits still stressed: CRISIL

Despite normal rainfall, farm profitability remained under stress this year, says ratngs agency CRISIL.The southwest monsoon, which begins in June and ends in September, closed this season nine per cent short of the Long Period Average (LPA). This was termed 'normal' by the India Meteorological Department. This is so for a third year in a row; the earlier such period was 2010 to 2013. During those earlier years of normal rain, average agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 per cent annually. Growth in agriculture GDP this year will be lower than that, though well on trend, says CRISIL in a report issued on Monday."But, there are some spoilers. Rainfall distribution has been patchy and farmer income is down. The good news is that the rural non-farm side is seeing better days. Also, given healthy overall production, food inflation might stay contained," said Dharmakirti Joshi, chief economist at CRISIL. Depending on the government's procurement efficacy, the announced ...

Agri budget doubled to Rs 2.12 trn for doubling farm income by 2022: Modi

PM Modi said that the budget for 2018-19 financial year has taken steps to provide farmers a price equivalent to 150% of their cost of production

How PM Modi can fulfill his pledge of doubling farmers' income by 2022

The NITI Aayog's proposals could be sent to the Indian cabinet before September for a decision so that a selected program could be implemented before the harvesting of monsoon-sown crops from October

PM Modi hard sells pro-farmer budget initiatives to help boost farm income

Modi mentioned about steps taken to lower cost of production, improve productivity and take farm produce to markets by minimising wastage

Framework to double farmers' income to be presented before Modi on Tuesday

The government has enhanced budget allocation for the farm sector to Rs 580 billion for the 2018-19 financial year