Responding to the allegations, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that if any irregularities had occurred in paddy procurement, the government had taken action. Referring to Ashok Arora's claim of a Rs 5,000 crore scam, the Chief Minister countered that even bigger scams had ta
The protest, which was organised on Tuesday, was against alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement, poor law and order situation and various other issues.
New Delhi [India], February 20: At a time when cricket fever is at its peak, Seagram's Royal Stag Packaged Drinking Water has unveiled the Royal Stag Code of Large (#RS Code), a first-of-its-kind, data-backed initiative with brand ambassador and former team India captain Rohit Sharma and Men
Jijo Joseph Puthenveettil of Bison Valley has had a passion for farming and flowers since childhood. He planted flowering plants of various colours and shapes along the roadsides. In areas where paddy cultivation was once carried out continuously, many fields have now been left fallow due
BJP State President Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting that Kerala be excluded from the Centre's advisory on discontinuing Minimum Support Price (MSP) bonus for paddy and wheat.
In a post on X, Vijayan said it was unacceptable that corporate debts are routinely waived while a modest incentive for farmers who produce food is portrayed as a burden. He questioned whether this move signals an attempt to open Indian markets to US agricultural products under a new trad
After meeting with the minister, CM Yadav told reporters, "Today, we have discussed the procurement of paddy wheat and farmers' welfare related things with Union Minister Pralhad Joshi. As our government has declared 2026 as farmer welfare year in Madhya Pradesh, we are concerned about th
Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) workers on Wednesday blocked the Puri-Bhubaneswar road in Uttara Chhak during their eight-hour Odisha bandh. They are protesting against alleged lapses in paddy procurement.
BJD leader Sulata Deo has said that her party will raise a range of pressing issues concerning Odisha at all party meetings, including irregular paddy procurement, the drying up of the Mahanadi River, and the rise in crimes against minors, asserting that these matters directly affect the
In 2022-23, by January 13, 97.67 LMT of paddy was purchased from 2,214,302 farmers, and Rs 20,022 crore was paid. Against all these benchmarks, 2025-26 has surpassed every previous year, both in the quantity procured and in the total amount paid to farmers.
Amid misleading claims circulating in some quarters regarding paddy losses due to shrinkage and pest damage during storage, the Government of Chhattisgarh has clarified that such losses are neither irregular nor indicative of mismanagement.
Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 8: Parijat Industries (India) Limited has launched NILANIX SC, a three-way combination insecticide developed to provide control of Brown Plant Hoppers ("BPH") and White Backed Plant Hoppers ("WBPH") in paddy crop. With this launch, Parijat Indust