Page 43 - Farmers

Farmers get green light to buy seeds with old notes

Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies

Punjab, Haryana farmers ignore ban on stubble burning

Farmers are being provided subsidy on farm implements like happy seeder, rotavators, straw reapers for managing straw

As India's "granary" exhausts groundwater, farmers eye new crops

According to Aggarwal, groundwater has been overexploited in 110 of the state's 138 administrative blocks

Will drones help farmers?

Damage assessment due to natural calamities needs upgrade

Voices from villages don't reach Delhi: Gadkari

Gadkari said that people were not migrating happily from rural areas to urban areas but were forced to due to lack of amenities

Better returns attract farmers to commodity futures platform

Farmers earn almost 20% higher returns on hedging

Farmers earn lesser than industrial, services sector workers: Agriculture minister

Radha Mohan Singh total number of agricultural workers in the country increased from 234.1 million in 2001 to 263 million in 2011. Therefore, it cannot be categorically stated that farmers are leaving the profession of agriculture.

Suicide by farmers given low compensation is a reality: SC

The central govt always says they are doing good things but some people are committing suicide, the court said

Ill-timed rain deepens farmers' distress

Though their intensity has been less so far and the exact impact on the crop is not yet known

Maharashtra had 3,228 farmer suicides in 2015, highest in 14 years

Centre has sanctioned Rs 3,049.36 crore relief funds for tackling drought in the state for this year, said Agriculture Minister

Protesting farmers marching towards RSS HQ detained

The farmers are protesting over alleged non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 8 crores

My dream is to see farmers double their income by 2022: PM

Narendra Modi also described the service, manufacturing and agriculture sectors as the backbone of the Indian economy

Indian farmers deep in debt, seek subsidies, help with insurance

Farmers' groups have been demanding better monsoon forecasts, bigger fertiliser subsidies and a state-funded insurance scheme for all crops

Small farmers' body to give VC assistance to agri-business entrepreneurs

Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium plans to promote its scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh