-The Hindu Business Line India can benefit substantially on multiple fronts such as nutritional security, energy and water utilisation and even cut its greenhouse gas emissions if it promotes the cultivation of coarse cereals, showed a study by researchers from India, Austria and the US. During the Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s, the focus has mainly been on increasing rice and wheat output. As a result, a large number...

-Livemint.com * At a time when rural incomes are sliding, the only existing safety net for the Farmer is failing * High costs of reinsurance due to erratic weather, a spike in claims, political interference in crop loss estimation are reasons that forced some insurers to leave the business NEW DELHI: Santosh Kumar’s first brush with insurance left a bitter aftertaste. A Farmer’s son, 26-year-old Kumar from Bihar’s Araria district felt betrayed when...

-TheWire.in The Agriculture Insurance Company of India returned Farmers' premiums after one year, claiming that details had not been provided in "soft copy". The bank, however, has not credited the refund into Farmers' accounts. Satlana (Jodhpur, Rajasthan): Thousands of Farmers in the Satlana gram panchayat of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, insured under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), have been denied insurance claims for two crop seasons – kharif 2016 and kharif 2017. The...

-The Hindu Business Line Farmers, reeling under crop losses, feel the Centre’s crop insurance scheme is merely helping insurance firms make profits. Radheshyam Jadhav reports After completing his graduation, Ramkisan Nirmal took up a challenge. Unlike other youths who prefer to migrate to nearby cities in search of jobs, Ramkisan dreamed of becoming a Farmer and prove that with modern technology and efforts, agriculture could become a profitable venture. In his drought-prone village...

-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The ruling and treasury benches in Lok Sabha came in one voice against portraying small and medium Farmers as villains behind the air pollution in Delhi. They urged the governments to look at the main pollutants such as industries, vehicles and dust and stop putting the entire blame on Farmers. Various suggestions The members were participating in a discussion on pollution and climate change here on Tuesday....