The body of a minor Afghan girl was found in the sugarcane farm on the outskirts of the Khazana area of Peshawar in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtumkhwa, The Express Tribune reported on Wednesday.
"The decision will benefit 5 crore sugarcane farmers and their dependents, as well as 5 lakh workers employed in the sugar mills and related ancillary activities," Anurag Thakur said.
The Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made a record payment of Rs 2.14 lakh crore to sugarcane farmers in the last 6 years.
Speaking at the certificate distribution ceremony for the winners of the State Sugarcane Production Competitions, he said, "Prior to six years, sugarcane farmers in the state used to face difficulties in obtaining receipts because of discrepancies in the weighing of sugarcane as well as thef
The remarks of the Union Minister came while addressing a one-day seminar on 'National Seminar on Maize to Ethanol' organized by the Department of Food and Public Distribution in the national capital.
Pointing out that India currently imports oil worth Rs 16 lakh crore from Arab countries, he said sugar mills can help India become self-reliant in oil production through ethanol. Once the country achieves self-sufficiency in oil production, the money would go to the accounts of sugarcane fa
Party leader Binoy Viswam on Tuesday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi after the recent damage of crops due to unseasonal rains in various parts of the country and said, "I am writing to you to request urgent action by the Union Government to support the farmers of our country. This week, N
"Today is going to be a historic day for the sugarcane farmers when on the eve of Holi, Rupees two lakh crores will be sent directly to the farmers' bank accounts through DBT," CM Yogi said.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Best Agrolife Limited (BAL), a prominent Indian agrochemical company, announced that it had been granted a patent for its invention titled "Synergistic Herbicidal Composition of Triazine and Sulfonylurea Herbicides with Phenoxyacetic Herbicide"
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh on Wednesday accused the ruling YSRCP of not working for the development of the state and said that 'CM Reddy's policies are anti-farmer.'
Farmers staged a protest on the railway track at Batala railway station for three hours on Sunday against the "forcible acquisition of their land" and in support of their demand for an increase in the minimum support price of sugarcane.