Local farmers in the Parwan province of Afghanistan called on the government to ban the smuggling of poultry in the country as they complained of damage to business due to malpractice.
The issue of stubble burning turns out to be a hot topic of discussion, especially at the onset of winter with the deteriorating air quality in Delhi NCR every year.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that in case of non-payment of agricultural loans, farmers must be given time for repayment and not confiscate or auction their property.
A revenue official, who visited a village in the Faridkot district of Punjab, was held hostage by a group of farmers. Farmers agreed to free the official only after getting written assurance from the administration.
The farmers demanded a written assurance of no challan over the burning of their stubble and said that the official will not be set free until their demands are met.
Local farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district expressed their dissatisfaction over Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led state government's failure to find an alternative to the stubble burning problem.
Delivering an address at IIM Calcutta, Jaishankar said that the benchmark for successful diplomacy is when an Indian consumer pays less money for petrol and the farmers are assured of fertilizer at the right time.
The subsidy approved by Cabinet for the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) Rabi-2022 will be Rs 51,875 crore including support for indigenous fertiliser (SSP) through freight subsidy.