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‘Condition critical’, say doctors as Dallewal’s fast enters day 27
December 23, 2024 6:03 am
On December 26, when Dallewal's fast will complete one month, symbolic hunger strikes will be held at tehsil and district levels from 10 am to 4 pm.
Govt stays crop loan recovery in select drought-hit areas
December 30, 2023 12:34 am
The decision was taken to provide relief to farmers reeling under financial crisis due to loss of crops. Recurring unseasonal rains and hailstorms led to crop losses in several parts of state.
Shah: Farmer cooperatives will boost economy, jobs
July 15, 2023 3:56 am
Addressing the National Mega Conclave on Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) in the cooperative sector, Shah said the three sectors together make up 18 per cent of India’s GDP, but are never discussed in the country.
How to double India’s farmers’ income
March 06, 2023 2:04 pm
This can be done by increasing productivity through better seeds and better irrigation. It will have to be combined with unhindered access to the best markets
Disappointed with both ruling, Opposition camps in Maharashtra over farm issues’
August 28, 2022 4:06 pm
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana president Raju Shetti in a conversation with Shubhangi Khapre reflects on some of the critical issues related to agriculture and farmers
Andhra Pradesh: Ruling, Opposition parties trade charges over ‘plight’ of farmers
May 17, 2022 1:47 am
Jagan Mohan Reddy lashed out at Jana Sena chief actor-politician K Pawan Kalyan who has taken up the ‘Rythu Paramarsha Yatra’ to meet debt-ridden farmers or families of farmers who died by suicide.
Homemaker, farmworker and now protester, hundreds of women join farmers' agitation
December 13, 2020 4:44 pm
As their husbands, sons and brothers leave home to demand a rollback of the Centre's new Agri laws, many women are joining them too, making the trip from the village towards the national capital even if for only a few days at a time
Sharad Pawar meets PM Modi, demands complete farm loan waiver in Maharashtra
November 20, 2019 5:04 pm
Sharad Pawar presented a three-page memorandum to the Prime Minister during his meeting, saying unseasonal rainfall in October and November had caused heavy damage to crops over 54.22 lakh hectares.
From staples to high-value produce: Promoting crop diversification for doubling farmers’ income
August 01, 2019 4:06 am
Growing consumption demand for fruits & vegetables offers an opportunity for targeted invention to eliminate smallholder poverty.
From Plate to Plough: The farm-factory connect
June 10, 2019 4:36 am
Raising farm productivity is the first step to increasing rural demand and reviving the manufacturing sector
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