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Telugu Desam Party leader demands debt waiver for farmers

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former MLA Tangirala Saumya has demanded debt waiver for farmers

SAD ready to sacrifice for farmers, will decide on NDA later: Sukhbir

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, told reporters, "I don''t want to be part of a government which brought farm sector bills without addressing apprehensions of farmers."

Minimum support price mechanism for farmers will continue, says Tomar

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Minimum Support Price mechanism for farmers will continue and that the mechanism will not be impacted by two proposed legislations

Walmart announces two new grants to help India's smallholder farmers

Walmart Foundation announced two new grants as part of a commitment made in September 2018 to invest 25 million dollars (about Rs 180 crore) over five years in improving farmer livelihoods in India

Farming-related bills 'anti-farmer', AAP will vote against them: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the Centre withdraw them, saying his party will vote against the bills in Parliament

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to pump Rs 39,300 cr to boost agri sector

BS Yediyurappa announced that the state government is planning to pump about Rs 39,300 crore in this fiscal year to propel the agriculture related activities

Marketing reforms

Govt must create awareness about agricultural reforms

Stir over farm bills: Will withdraw cases against farmers, says Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said cases lodged against farmers for protesting against the Centre's agriculture-related Bills will be withdrawn but urged them not to block roads anymore

Enactment of farm bills will lead to 'unrest' in Punjab: Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said the enactment of farm sector bills now before Parliament would lead to "resentment and unrest" in the border state

Wholesale-retail inflation gap the widest in vegetables and pulses

As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little

Will challenge Essential Commodities Act in court: CM Aamrinder Singh

Terming the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020, a "direct and deliberate assault" by the Centre on the interests of the farmers, Punjab CM said his Congress will challenge it in court

Punjab CM urges PM Modi not to go ahead with 'anti-farmer legislation'

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to go ahead with the legislation of anti-farmer ordinances presented in parliament

Govt may launch mobile app to record off-mandi transactions under new Bill

Govt says no change in MSP; introduces three bills to replace farm ordinances

'Black' ordinances of govt fatal attack on farming community: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed the agriculture ordinances rolled out by the centre as "black" ordinances and said that these are a fatal attack on farming community."Farmers are the ones who buy and sell their produce in retail at wholesale prices. The three 'black' ordinances of the Modi government are a fatal attack on peasant-agricultural labourers, so that neither they get MSP nor rights and farmers are forced to sell their land to capitalists. This is another anti-farmer conspiracy of Modi ji," Gandhi said in a tweet.Farmers in Punjab, Haryana are protesting against the recent agriculture ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet.On June 5, President Ram Nath Kovind had promulgated three ordinances to usher in agricultural reforms for raising the income of the farmers and giving them more freedom to sell their produce.The President promulgated Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) ...

'Attack on farmers' rights': Congress slams govt's farm sector bills

Congress hit out at the government over the introduction of 3 farmers-related bills, alleging that they will give "freedom" to corporates to "brutally exploit" farmers and take away protection of MSP

Amaravati farmers questioning govt's locus standi on committee: TDP

Farmers of 29 villages who have offered 33,000 acres of land required for Andhra Pradesh's new capital at Amaravati have been questioning the locus standi of the ruling YSRCP government

Punjab CM slams SAD prez Sukhbir Badal over 'U-turn on farm ordinances'

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh dared Badal to quit the BJP-led Centre to prove his party's sincerity in the matter

Odisha CM announces special package of Rs 300 cr for flood-affected farmers

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a special package of Rs 300 crores for livelihood support for the flood-affected farmers.According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), agriculture input subsidy will be provided to the small and marginal farmers who have sustained crop loss of 33 per cent and above Rs 6,800 per hectare of land in rain-fed/non irrigated areas, Rs 13,500 per hectare of land in areas under assured irrigation, and Rs 18,000 per hectare for all types of perennial crops.Perennial crops will include mango, cashew, coconut, kewra, betel vine etc. The assistance shall be provided to the actual cultivators.The state government announced agricultural input subsidy to any affected farmer shall not be less than Rs 2,000 for perennial crops and Rs 1,000 for other crops.Under the package, 20,000 pulse seed mini-kits will be provided to the flood-affected farmers during Rabi 2020."60,000 acres of demonstration programmes of different crops will be taken up in

Nabard to disburse Rs 1.2 trillion crop loan for farmers this fiscal

In a bid to support agri sector amid Covdi-19 crisis, NABARD on Thursday said it aims to disburse Rs 1.20 trillion crop loan to farmers for meeting production expenses this fiscal

Zero-budget farming raises incomes but demands more labour and time: study

A staggering 87% of those using the method have not been able to get a better price for their produce than those who did not go for it