Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, pre-monsoon sowing of kharif crops has begun across the country with paddy acreage 27 percent higher at 32.58 lakh hectare so far as compared to last…
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the leading industry body, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has recommended effective procurement and storage of Rabi…
The Bihar agriculture department too issued advertisements in local newspapers, detailing several dos and don’ts for famers and labourers during harvesting. Farmers in Bihar face incredible odds to save their…
Three quick policy measures can be taken to ensure income and credit flows: direct procurement, direct cash transfers to farmers as well as landless labourers and interest subvention through cash…
On 31 March, Asia's biggest onion market fell silent. The market in Lasangaon in the western Indian state of Maharashtra usually thrums with farmers and traders. But the mostly migrant…
A man gives final touch to the beds in a quarantine centre in Guwahati on March 30, 2020. Closure of all hotels, restaurants and sweetmeat shops besides transportation hit them…
Chandigarh: Faced with an acute shortage of labour following the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, an agriculture crisis looms large over Punjab and Haryana where farmers are set to…
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