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Madhya Pradesh govt puts Bhawantar Bhugtan Yojana bonus on hold

Soybean, maize farmers used to receive an additional Rs 500 per quintal of produce under the scheme

Confident farm income will double in FY23 from 2015-16 levels: Ashok Dalwai

In a Q&A, Chairman of the Doubling Farmers Income panel claims the goal is achievable as there is huge potential to reduce food wastage and improve prices via an efficient market structure

Worked in mission mode to double farm income by 2022: Radha Mohan Singh

A big reason for farmers' loss of interest in agriculture, said Singh, was previous governments' failure to address critical issues related to farming

Tractor, consumer firms pin hopes on agricultural package to remain robust

Firms expect government schemes to allow people in rural areas to increase spends

India's agriculture growth not helping farmers, prices at 10-year low

Infact, going into the crucial 2019 general elections, this could lead to big worries for the ruling BJP

Jharkhand denies starvation death claims, blames medical conditions, age

Civil society activists disagreed with the investigations and questioned the findings on grounds that all evidences weren't considered before arriving at the conclusion

Drought hits rabi acreage of pulses, coarse cereals; sowing falls by 3.41%

With rabi sowing almost 90 per cent complete and nearing its end in most parts, there is little chance of any sharp recovery in acreage

Real-time price, demand forecast for select crops from next kharif season

The forecast is expected to be available from the 2019 kharif season for a few crops and will be expanded to cover others, depending on the success of the models

More steps on anvil to boost farmers' income: Agriculture minister

The minister said schemes like higher procurement at increased MSP, higher payout under crop insurance scheme, and electronic linking of markets are all meant to improve farmers' income

Congress wins elections, stares at task of scrapping farm loans in 3 states

To waive crop loans up to Rs 100,000 per indebted farmer, Rajasthan will need to spend Rs 219 billion from its fiscal kitty

State polls a wake-up call for BJP: Can a nationwide farm loan waiver help?

If experts are to be believed, a nationwide farm loan waiver covering the entire gamut of growers could be tried

Private stockist scheme for oilseeds procurement a 'non-starter'

The private sector is not very inclined to participate in procurement as it is not commercially viable for them

Delhi HC dismisses Monsanto plea against CCI probe of officers, directors

A detailed probe was ordered after prima-facie evidence of the group companies misusing their dominant position was found

Centre to re-develop 1,878 rural haats in first phase under GrAM scheme

In total, infrastructure in around 22,000 rural haats is to be upgraded and modernised with a corpus of almost Rs 20 bn spread over 2-3 years

Centre may expand social audit to most govt schemes to assess ground impact

In social audit, citizens themselves assess the impact of government schemes and programmes by comparing official records with actual ground situation

Try alternatives before imposing the penalty: Crop insurance firms to govt

The new operational guidelines tries to address several complaints, but the biggest among them is imposing a sort of penalty on insurance companies and state governments

Rains in North India lead to 'lodging' in paddy fields, may impact yield

Exact damage yet to be ascertained; IMD says monsoon may withdraw from Sept 29

Sugar sector demands MSP hike by Rs 7/kg; may push up the retail price

Industry players said it would still be lower than the rate at which sugar was selling in the open markets last year

MP Assembly Polls: Bad fiscal math, farm unrest are Chouhan's bigger demons

15 years of anti-incumbency is just one challenge; attempts to assuage agitating farmers has not only botched up state finances but has also not given the CM an image makeover among rural masses

Southwest monsoon finally may retreat from next week: Met Official

The Central Water Commisison (CWC) has issued heavy to very heavy rain alerts for some districts of Uttarkhand and western Uttar Pradesh, including Ghaziabad and Balrampur