Agriculture
Expert panel to meet farm groups on Thursday
21 Jan 2021
IMF backs India’s farm laws but wants govt to take care of jobs
21 Jan 2021
The measures will enable farmers to directly contract with sellers, allow them to retain a greater share of the surplus by reducing the role of middle men, the director of IMF’s communications department, Gerry Rice, said
Supreme Court stays all 3 farm laws until further orders
21 Jan 2021
The three-judge bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian announced the setting up of an exper committee that will also be part of judicial proceedings
Leaders of 10 farmer unions extend support to new farm laws
23 Dec 2020
In 2008, Punjab and Haryana farmers led by Bharatiya Kisan Union protested against the then UPA government for forcing them to sell at MSP, now they want to preserve it!
Badals let anti-nationals hijack farmers’ protest
09 Dec 2020
While SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal keeps shifting his stance, leaders of the anti-government protests are trying to avoid direct talks between farmers and the government for fear of their coming to terms, which could spoil their chances of cornering the Modi government
When farmers speak for middlemen who loot them!
08 Dec 2020
Without these middlemen, the protesters say, there won’t be any fresh investment and the farmers would be worse off – banks insist on farm loans to be used only for farming while loans that local financiers provide can be used for any purpose – and that government is always welcome to write off their deb
Govt offers to talk with protesting farmers without conditions
01 Dec 2020
The central government says that the new farm laws are meant for farmers’ welfare while the farmers content that the laws will weaken the APMC system, leaving them vulnerable to corporate interests
Nafed to launch 10,000 honey farmer collectives
30 Nov 2020
New wheat variety doubles yield for farmers in Maharashtra village
15 Oct 2020
Developed by the Agharkar Research Institute, the MACS 6478 wheat, also called high yielding Aestivum, is nutritious compared to other varieties, matures in 110 days and is resistant to most races of leaf and stem
PM wishes farmers on passage of farm bills in Parliament
21 Sep 2020
While government’s MSP procurement will continue, the bill seeks to ensure a seamless electronic trading system - inter-state and intra-state - outside the confines of the State Agricultural Produce Marketing legislations, ensuring better price realisation
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