Farmers

Odisha is the only state in the country to have doubled farmers' income, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik claimed on Sunday while asserting that farmers are the backbone of the state and their hardwork fetched it the Krishi Karman Awards…

Rakesh Tikait (File photo)GURUGRAM: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday accused the Centre of misleading people over the minimum support price for crops and said the stir for it will continue. Tikait said this while addressing the farmers…

Farmers gather for their protest at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (PTI)NEW DELHI: Hundreds of farmers from different states started reaching Delhi amid heavy security arrangements to participate in a 'mahapanchayat' called by the…

Security was beefed up on Monday at Delhi borders, including Singhu and Ghazipur, ahead of the 'mahapanchayat' called by farmers' body at Jantar Mantar, police said on Monday. They said all vehicles entering the capital are being checked…

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a ₹50,000-crore increase in the limit for the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to ensure low-cost credit to hospitality and related segments hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. It also…

Divided on the Punjab government's proposal to provide cash incentives to farmers to stop stubble burning, experts have asked why was the state not ramping up the use of Pusa bio-decomposer which was hailed as a cost-effective solution…

Scanty showers continue to worry farmers of Jharkhand as the monsoon rain deficit climbed to 49 per cent on Monday, the highest in the country after UP, a weather official said. Seven states are facing rainfall deficit in the country…

NEW DELHI: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Saturday released a report documenting success stories of 75,000 farmersfrom across the country, noting how technological and policy interventions could lead to overall…

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said incomes of lakhs of farmers have doubled in the last eight years with all-round efforts made by the governments at the Centre and states, scientists and the farming community.…

Sowing of kharif crops like soyabean, paddy, cotton has picked up in the country amid an advancing monsoon, and rainfall over the next fortnight will be crucial, agriculture experts said. Some places such as Malwa in Madhya Pradesh and…