-The Hindu Cabinet announces relief, rules out MSP HUBBALLI (Karnataka): The State Cabinet on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of a minimum support price (MSP) for onion while announcing a Compensation of Rs. 9,000 a hectare for crops damaged due to rains in Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Dharwad and Bellary districts. This has come on the heels of growers protesting crashing prices of their produce. A macro view of market scenario shows that fluctuations...

-The Hindu It will be tabled in the winter session of the legislature Bengaluru (Karnataka): To regulate the prices of Bt cotton seeds in the State, the government is planning to introduce a Karnataka Cotton Bill, 2014, at the State legislature session to be held in Belagavi in December. The Bill envisages the constitution of an authority headed by the Director of the Agriculture Department for fixation of prices of Bt cotton seeds...

-Outlook Ahmedabad: Expressing concerns for the marginalised and small farmers in the country, the Chief Justice of India H L Dattu today said it would be "immensely helpful" for agricultural community if state governments could minimise acquiring and handing over farm land to corporates even as he stressed for "fair" Compensation to agriculturists. "Apart from the discussion on impact of climate change on farmers' community, the discussion can also think of how...

-Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government is facing fresh problems from agriculture labourers in the 17 villages where the government has decided to pool land for construction of the capital city. Every village has a minimum of 200 labourers and in 17 villages there are about 15,000 agriculture labourers. After the government pools the agriculture land in those villages, all of them will lose their livelihood. They are also not trained to...

-Ahmedabad Mirror The Supreme Court on last Friday had issued notice to Gujarat government on a plea by an NGO seeking Compensation to families of over 600 debt-ridden farmers who had allegedly committed suicide in the state from 2003 to 2012. However, information sought under the Right To Information Act by Mirror regarding the same from the Union Ministry of Agriculture revealed that between 2009 and 2013, no farmer had committed...