Small farmers and laborers are among the worst hit; wheat harvest is under a cloud. The lockdown in India’s bread basket of Punjab in the wake of the coronavirus disease…
A view of BPL cardholders at a government ration shop at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru on Monday. Consumers throng the PDS shop to buy supplies as the Karnataka government proposes to…
It’s a happy time for the potato farmers of Punjab, with their crop hitting the highest rate ever known due to low production in other states because of a delayed…
The prices of mustard and potato, the most affected commodities, are likely to increase due to damage to crops. The retail price of potato has begun firming up in some…
Govt should shed its piecemeal approach and address the long-term problems of farmers File photo of a participating farmer in the Kisan Mukti March, in New Delhi. Schemes such as…
In a move to boost innovation in agritech startups, investments worth USD 248 million has been received in H1 2019. The increased income of the farmers has also enabled them…
The lot of the farmer has improved little, with various states having cumulatively written off a whopping Rs 4.7 lakh crore of farm loans in the past one decade, which…
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