Srinagar: Taking Governance to peoples’ doorsteps, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Sunday visited Panchayat Halqa, Ashthal, Kulgam during the ongoing Back to Village-3 programme.
Voice of farmers crushed in and outside Parliament: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/UNI: Describing the farm sector bills as "a death sentence to the Indian farmers", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the government of crushing the voice of farmers in and outside Parliament.
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approves cash transfer for power tariff to farmers
Amaravati/UNI: Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, which met here chaired by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, approved the cash transfer to the farmers for disbursement of electricity tariff for their agriculture pump sets, construct two more reservoirs across the river Krishna and banning of online gambling and betting.
India PM launched Prime Minister’s Development Package helping apple farmers of J&K
Srinagar: A successful implementation of Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) saw a marked improvement in the condition of Kashmir farmers.
J&K farmers demand re-opening of Mughal Road
Srinagar/UNI: Farmers in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have demanded the authorities to reopen the Mughal Road, which has remained closed for the past about six months due to accumulation of snow, for transportation of their produce to other parts of the country.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacks Yogi over debt waiver of farmers
Lucknow/UNI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh regarding the debt waiver of farmers.
Twenty farmers sent to jail in Pilibhit for burning stubble
Pilibhit/UNI: After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reprimanded officials of the ten districts who could not stop stubble burning leading to increase in pollution, the Pilibhit district authorities tightened the noose by sending 20 farmers to jail and taking action against 17 lekhpals, suspending eight of them.
Several farmers arrested in Punjab after FIRs on stubble burning
New Delhi/IBNS: Around 100 farmers were arrested in Punjab following hundreds of FIRs against them for burning farm residue that choked the capital city and pushed the Air Quality level to severe category, media reports said on Thursday.
Former K'taka Min Patil writes to PM seeking financial assistance for Jawar farmers
Vijayapur/UNI: Former Karnataka Water Resources minister and senior Congress leader MB Patil has appealed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue the Jawar growers in Karnataka and to announce better support price for the staple food grain.
Assam government distributes various equipment to farmers
Guwahati/IBNS: Aiming to fulfill the Prime Minister’s vision of doubling farmer’s income by 2022, the Assam government on Tuesday distributed power tillers, rice mills, lentil mills, soil health cards, solar powered pump sets, sprinkler machines and seeds to the farmers of the state.
Farmers can increase income by Rs 1 lakh annually by producing solar energy: Minister
New Delhi, July 4 (UNI): A scheme has been set up where farmers can set up solar panels and augment their income by producing electricity, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
BJP and Congress slam Odisha govt for failing check distress sale of farm products
Bhubaneswar, July 2 (UNI): Opposition BJP and Congress today slammed the BJD government for its failure to provide irrigation, timely supply of seeds, crop insurance money and prevent distress sale of paddy.
Modi's cabinet announces pension scheme to 5 crore farmers in three years
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a new Central Sector Scheme to empower farmers across India.
Farmers protest against GAIL pipeline, hydrocarbon exploration project
Nagapattinam, May 22 (UNI): Farmers and agricultural labourers on Wednesday took out a novel protest by staging a demonstration on the cotton field and holding pesticide bottles to protest against laying of pipeline by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) at Mukkarumbur village in Mayiladuthurai taluk of Nagapattinam district.
Drought-hit farmers must get relief irrespective of political differences: Sharad Pawar
Beed (Maharashtra), May 13 (UNI) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Monday toured the villages here, which are currently reeling under the calamitous effects of drought.