Every farmer’s grievance/ crop failure is a wound the nation must feel. The ongoing review of Paraquat Dichloride and Glyphosate, prompted by the reports of severe poisoning in Telangana, deserves both compassion and clear and rational scientific reasoning.
Farmers in Odisha will now reap the benefits of crop insurance coverage free of cost for up to five acres under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Kharif 2026 season, with beneficiaries required to pay only Re 1 per plot towards account validation.
Punjab's canal expansion plans have come under the spotlight as widespread power cuts disrupt paddy transplantation, triggering farmer protests across the state.
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that eastern India, enriched with fertile soil, abundant water resources, and a favourable climate, is poised to become the growth engine of India’s next agricultural revolution.
A sharp increase in petrol and diesel prices in Punjab has raised concerns over rising transport costs, agricultural expenses and a possible spike in essential commodity prices.
The Punjab government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has cleared the protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders near Haryana and farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on fast-unto-death, has also broken his fast.
The focus of the Narendra Modi-led Central government is on increasing productivity of pulses, cereals and vegetables to produce more food for improving the nutritional level of the population as well nurturing India's ambition to become the food basket of the world, according to a senior Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare official.
The potato growers in the district have suffered major losses due to yield of deformed potatoes, which are unsuitable for sale or human consumption.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday, accused the ruling BJP and the AAP of betraying the farmers and asserted that the farmers of the country will never forgive these “anti-farmer” parties.
Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged the central government for immediate financial relief to the Karnataka’s Red Chilli farmers now caught in a debt crisis arising out of a double whammy – unsold inventories of last year and current crop yields, leading to a glut in the market and resultant plummeting prices.
