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Maharashtra govt neglecting farmers' plight, alleges state BJP chief

BJP will raise crop loss due to excess rains in the Vidarbha region and other issues like inflated electricity bills in the winter session of the Maharashtra legislature, Chandrakant Patil said

Rahul Gandhi to attend farmers' rally in TN against Centre's farm laws

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend a farmers' rally in Tamil Nadu against the Centre's three contentious farm legislations, the party's state unit said on Monday

Why Rajasthan Farm Act amendments may lack the teeth to help farmers

Rajasthan has amended The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) Act, 2020 to restore what it calls 'the safeguards for the farmers of the state' as under state's APMC Act

Rajasthan govt introduces 3 bills to negate impact of Centre's farm laws

The Rajasthan government on Saturday introduced three bills in the Assembly to negate the impact of the farm laws enacted by the Centre recently

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh feel the pinch as potato prices touch record highs

Potato seed is selling for Rs 60-70 per kg in the open market this year as compared to Rs 18-22 earlier. Crop area of potato is set to reduce this year due to high rates of seeds

Ad hoc steps must end

Interventions to contain onion prices would do more harm

Use of technology can make farmers prosperous, says Maharashtra CM

Farmers can prosper if modern technology is used in agriculture, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday

Back, front-end support to propel Kisan Rail project, say experts

This is Centre's second attempt to run special trains for agri goods

Rs 113 cr transferred to 340,000 farmers in 19 rain-affected UP districts

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has deposited Rs 113.21 crore in the account of 3,48,511 farmers of 19 flood-affected districts of the state.He made an online payment to the farmers to compensate them for their crops destroyed in rain, said an official release of the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Thursday."Although this is very small amount compared to your hard work and damage, it is proof of our commitment to your interests," he said in his address to farmers via video conferencing."It is our duty that farmers get a fair price for their produce. They should not be exploited at any level. Clear instructions have been given to the DM of every district in this regard. Whoever exploits the farmers will be punished. The central and state governments are also running several schemes like PM irrigation, PM crop insurance, PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to double the income of farmers," he added.Chief Minister further said that the government will soon find a permanent solution to ...

Decoded: What Punjab Assembly intends by bringing its own farm Bills

Punjab's farm amendment Bills intend to ensure that farmers are not compelled to sell wheat and paddy below the minimum support price (MSP) in the state

Overriding the Constitution

Other states shouldn't follow Punjab's example on farm Bills

The (food) grain of Punjab's own farm Bills

The MSP is declared for 23 crops. This means that farmers of other crops or those trying to diversify under contract farming would not have the MSP protection of the Bills

Retail inflation eases marginally to 6.25% for farm, rural workers in Sept

Point-to-point rate of inflation based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased to 6.25 per cent and 6.10 per cent in September from 6.32 per cent and 6.28 per cent, respectively in August, a labour ministry st

Assembly: Oppn slams Punjab govt for not tabling bill against farm laws

Opposition parties slammed the Punjab government for not tabling legislation to counter the Centre's farm laws on the first day of the special assembly session, which was adjourned till Tuesday

Sidhu attacks Centre over farm laws, bats for govt procurement of crops

Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday hit out at the Centre, describing the farm laws introduced by it as a brutal attack on the federal structure

Sebi releases guidelines for utilisation of fund created for farmers, FPOs

The decision was taken based on the recommendations of the Commodity Derivatives Advisory Committee

Top headlines: Farmer survey on agri laws; CPSEs told to spend 75% of capex

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Over half the farmers not in favour of recently passed farm laws: Survey

The survey showed that around 60 per cent of the farmers want the MSP system to be made a mandatory law in India

New farm laws an attack on the soul of every farmer: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi stepped up his attack on the central government over the recently enacted farm laws, and said these are a blatant attack on the soul of every farmer

Centre aims to protect farmers, refuses to slash import duty on chana

Some traders are demanding a reduction to 35-40 per cent to tide over any shortage of the commodity as the new crop will start hitting the market only around mid-February