The weather change in Shahjahanpur Neemrana Behrod of Alwar district has increased the problems of farmers as heavy rain accompanied by strong wind and hail damaged crops in the region.
Former Education Minister and current Congress MLA from Jhajjar, Geeta Bhukkal has demanded that the government should conduct a special Girdawari (a document, in which the patwari enters the name of the owner, cultivator, land number, area, kind of land, cultivated and non-cultivated area,
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday asked officials to assess the crop losses due to unseasonal rains so that help could be given to the affected farmers.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officers to conduct relief work in view of rain and hailstorm in various districts, according to a statement by the chief minister's office. He has instructed to provide permissible relief amount of Rs 4 lakh to each
In order to draw the attention of the government to a 17-point charter demand, thousands of farmers had begun a march from Dindori in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Sunday last and will cover 200 kms to reach Mumbai.
The Union Minister was speaking at the Indian Dairy Summit, organised on the third and final day of the Indian Dairy Association's (IDA) 49th Dairy Industry Conference in Gandhinagar.
A 58-year-old farmer who participated in the long foot march of farmers from Dindori in Maharashtra's Nashik to Mumbai died on Friday night at Shahapur police station in Thane district, informed the All India Kisan Sabha state general secretary Ajit Nawale.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India's Millet Mission will become a blessing for 2.5 crore marginal farmers. After independence, this is for the first time that a government is paying attention to the needs of millet-producing farmers, he added.
The work of washing as well as grading of fruits and vegetables will be done in the Integrated Pack House built at a cost of Rs 15.78 crores. The Integrated Pack House is going to immensely benefit the farmers of Varanasi and nearby districts as it will also facilitate the export of their fa
The farmers in Jammu and Kashmir have been giving very positive responses to the decision of the Agriculture department of implementing 29 projects aiming to achieve 'holistic development'.