farmers

'Instead of ending their own lives, farmers should kill an MLA': Prahar Janshakti Party's Bachchu Kadu

October 20, 2025 2:19 pm

NCP (SP) spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said Bachchu Kadu should “properly guide farmers instead of talking of resorting to violence”.

Marathwada farmer ends life after floodwater ravages crops, washes away livestock, tractors

October 10, 2025 4:33 pm

The government should appoint teams to tour various flood-affected villages and counsel farmers and their families, say farmers.

Express View: Indian farmers need income, not price support

October 04, 2025 6:57 am

The best way is not through MSP but by direct per-hectare transfers

As Haryana battles paddy dwarfing virus; minister says damage under control

August 27, 2025 7:37 am

The minister said uprooting and destroying the infected plants were effective in controlling the contamination.

Must probe into ‘diverted subsidised urea’: Cong MLA hits out at AAP for cheating farmers

August 26, 2025 8:08 am

Subsidised urea belongs to farmers, not industries. Diverting it for profiteering is a betrayal of Punjab’s backbone,” he said.

Subsidised urea from market is being diverted to industries: farmers

August 25, 2025 9:02 am

Crackdown exposes ‘industrial misuse’.

Vietnam farmers losing land to $1.5 billion Trump golf course reportedly offered rice and cash

August 11, 2025 7:34 pm

Vietnam agreed the deal while negotiating with the US to reduce a planned 46% tariff on its exports. The rate has since been lowered to 20% for many goods.

Gurdaspur farmer swaps paddy for thriving banana farming, motivates sons in Australia and Canada to return home

August 06, 2025 5:13 pm

In Punjab, where wheat, paddy, and Basmati dominate the agricultural lands, banana has never been considered a commercially viable crop. But Satnam, a determined farmer from Gurdaspur city, is challenging that perception.

Farmers united against land pooling policy, to move SC: Pargat Singh

July 07, 2025 10:45 am

Farmers from six affected villages in Jalandhar—Kukkad Pind, Kot Kalan, Nangal Karar Khan, Kot Khurd, Sofi Pind, and Bulla Rai—participated in the protest gathering, along with villagers from Kapurthala and Phagwara.

Devanahalli land acquisition row: Farmers’ meeting with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah inconclusive, new meeting on July 15

July 04, 2025 5:02 pm

Siddaramaiah said the final notification for land acquisition in Devanahalli can’t be withdrawn due to legal constraints, but farmers remain unconvinced.

Modi in Varanasi: How PM's 1st visit to his constituency since Lok Sabha polls looked

June 18, 2024 9:52 pm

On his first visit to his constituency Varanasi since Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released Rs 20,000 crore to over 9.26 crore farmers under the 17th instalment of PM-KISAN scheme. He also granted certificates to more than 30,000 women from self help groups (SHGs).

In parched Maharashtra, farmers and tribals hit the streets again

November 23, 2018 7:25 am

Over 7,000 farmers and tribals from across Maharashtra were marching towards Azad Maidan in Mumbai in protest of various agrarian issues in the state

Budget 2019: What has the Modi government done to solve farmers' problems?

June 22, 2020 6:04 pm

Ajay Kakra, Director - Food and Agriculture, PWC lists what has been done for farmers by the Modi government so far to solve their problems.

The Agrarian Unrest Part 1: This could be the Narendra Modi government’s biggest problem

June 22, 2020 6:09 pm

Thousands of farmers from across the country have taken to the streets. ‘Dilli chalo’ is their slogan. What do they want? And is agrarian distress this government’s biggest problem? Harish Damodaran explains.

What the thousands of farmers protesting in Maharashtra are demanding

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Around 30,000 farmers and tribals are marching from Thane to Azad Maidan in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Here’s a list of their long-pending demands.

Chhattisgarh elections: Congress and BJP manifestos focus on farmers, cows and women

June 22, 2020 6:10 pm

Both Congress and the BJP are fighting a tough battle in Chhattisgarh this year. As the second phase on voting state in underway, we look at what both parties are promising, to woo the voters.

Opinion | Why Are Farmers Protesting Against The Callous Policies Of Their Govts?

June 22, 2020 7:01 pm

Doubling farmers’ income is government’s political stunt, says Lalu Yadav

February 29, 2016 4:35 pm

Patna, Feb 29 (ANI): Former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday said the ruling government’s statement of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, is just a political stunt to reserve their berth in the next general elections.He further asserted that the BJP-led Central Government will not win the 2019 polls.

Opposition slams Modi's statements on welfare of farmers

February 28, 2016 4:12 pm

New Delhi/Bhopal, Feb 28 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Kisaan rally’ speech, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Sunday said the Prime Minister is contradicting his statements. Tiwari said that Modi needed to decide what exactly he is and what he wants. The Congress leader stoically pointed out that the PM had said to farmers that they will be taken care of but his own party was enemy of the farmers as last year when they were taking all the farmers land from them without their consent. He further said that the Prime Minister had promised that 50% bonus would be given to farmers, but they have not yet received it. Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav also echoed similar sentiments, saying that the Prime Minister was repeating the same statements he made in the year 2014. He added that there was a whole lot of difference between doing and saying.

Maharashtra Govt. allots 653 acres land to Patanjali trust

February 24, 2016 5:39 am

Nagpur, Feb 24 (ANI): Divulging details about the 653 acres of land allotted by the Maharashtra Government to Patanjali trust, Managing Director Acharya Balkrishna said the company will help the farmers get right value for their harvest. Balkrishna added that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Central minister Nitin Gadkari showed positive reaction and have agreed to help us.

Odisha capable of bringing second green revolution: PM Modi

February 21, 2016 2:21 pm

Bargah (Odisha), Feb 21 (ANI): Addressing the farmers in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Odisha is the only state in India capable to bringing second green revolution. Modi said the state has is rich in natural resources and it can be nation's number one agricultural state. He added that the Centre, state and farmers together can increase the income of farmers in India by two fold by 2022. Modi further urged the farmers to join the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna' as the scheme can solve all the problems they have been facing from years.

PM Modi should fulfill farmers’ demand: Rahul

February 19, 2016 10:16 am

Amethi (UP), Feb 19 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he had earlier promised to reduce the pulses price but the rates have increased drastically. He further said he will raise the issue in the Parliament and will fight for farmers. He further demanded that either PM Modi should fulfill his promises or should give Rs. 15 lakh to the farmers. He is in Amethi to meet the farmers.