Bharatiya Janata Party leader Samrat Choudhary on Thursday demanded a high-level probe into the alleged police brutality on farmers in Bihar's Buxar and sought the sacking of the officials involved in the incident.
Amid the ongoing wheat crisis in Pakistan, the farmer's body, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Wednesday urged the authorities to impose an agricultural emergency in the country, The Express Tribune reported.
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], January 12 (ANI/PNN): Agriculture has always been the backbone of India. With over 54 per cent of its population engaged in agricultural and allied sector jobs, India is one of the largest agrarian economies in the world. However, Indian farmers go through seve
Three persons were arrested for allegedly "creating an obstruction in government work" and "attacking the police" in Bihar's Buxar after their protests turned violent as villagers attacked the power plant and also torched the police vehicles, after the 'police crackdown' on their stir.
The Buxar Police allegedly attacked the homes of protesting farmers in the middle of the night while they were sleeping and dozens of villagers including women were injured. Today farmers attacked the policemen.
Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for setting up and promoting a national-level cooperative society for organic products to manage the entire supply chain of organic products produced by cooperatives and related entities through member cooperatives.
Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved to set up and promote a national-level multi-state seed cooperative society which will help to increase the Seed Replacement Rate (SRR), and Varietal Replacement Rate (VRR), ensuring the role of farmers in quality seed cultivation and seed variety trials,
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Over 54 per cent of India's population is under extreme water stress in different ways, such as poor land productivity for farmers, migrations, poor soil health, and depleted quality of crops dependent on water. Rainwater is the ult
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met a delegation of farmers including Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday during the Haryana leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Grain procurements from farmers in laggard states had a significant impact on reducing wealth inequality, said SBI Research in its latest Ecowrap report.