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‘Lost my entire sugarcane crop…without govt help, how will I live?’: Solapur farmers await relief as flood losses mount
October 09, 2025 1:36 pm
Crop damaged, dreams shattered, flood-hit farmers of Madha taluka in Maharashtra stare at a bleak future as government assistance remains elusive.
Haryana announces Rs 15,000 per acre compensation for flood-damaged crops; Rs 4 lakh for human casualties
September 08, 2025 4:13 pm
The Opposition Congress had been demanding Rs 50,000 per acre compensation for crop loss.
Govt plans solar fencing scheme to protect crops from stray cattle
July 05, 2023 7:56 am
With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner and the stray cattle issue having been raised several times by the Opposition parties, the government hopes to provide a more viable solution to farmers at subsidised rates.
Due to intermittent rain in Punjab, no hopes of reviving fallen wheat crop
April 04, 2023 8:29 am
Punjab and Haryana, the major producers of the wheat crop, witnessed 198 per cent and 234 per cent of surplus rain, respectively, from March 1 to April 2 against the normal.
Punjab to pay Rs 9,600 per acre as CM Mann hikes crop loss compensation by 25%
March 27, 2023 2:48 pm
Bhagwant Mann says he has ordered deputy commissioners to make announcements from gurdwaras in every village before the harvest inspection starts.
Cabinet nod for Rs. 192-crore corpus to help farmers fight crop damage
September 07, 2022 5:25 am
Under the scheme, weed and pest control will be done through different ecological resources. “The government plans to provide farmers with both chemical and biological pesticides on a grant from the Agricultural Defense Unit,” the minister added.
Heavy rains lash several parts of Karnataka; crop damage reported
January 08, 2021 8:08 am
Rains in the last couple of days have damaged crops such as ragi, cotton, rabi jowar, maize, tur, sunflower, in North and South Karnataka region. The current spell of unseasonal rain is also affecting the ongoing coffee harvest.
Reports of crop damage in MP, Maharashtra push up soyabean price
October 28, 2020 10:28 am
The shortfall in supply will result in minimal export of the deoiled soya cake, said Naresh Goenka, vice-president of the Soyabean Processors Association of India (SOPA).
Maharashtra: Crop damage crosses 10 lakh hectares in flood-hit areas, soaring food prices stoke concerns of stagflation
October 22, 2020 3:49 am
With business activity and consumption set back by a fresh wave of infections, the state government’s economic forecast has earlier projected a 16.4 per cent contraction in its economy in terms of gross value added for the year ending March 2021.
CM says panchnamas of 80 pc damaged crop conducted, Fadnavis claims only 40 pc done
October 22, 2020 1:45 am
Fadnavis said the state government should immediately announce a relief package and reiterated that farmers should be asked to send photographs of their damaged field, which should serve as evidence for giving them compensation.
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