-The Telegraph Familiar election-time promise of waivers had prompted many not to clear their dues in the hope that the relief would cover them Lucknow: Some 170 Bundelkhand Farmers face the threat of auctioning of their properties and possible arrest over unpaid cooperative bank loans, under a rare move by the Uttar Pradesh government that the Farmers said would destroy families. Conversations with Farmers and officials suggest the familiar election-time promise of waivers...

-The Hindu Business Line Panel has recommended renaming the National Bee Board as the Honey and Pollinators Board under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. There is a need to recognise honeybees as inputs to agriculture and consider landless beekeepers as Farmers, according to the Beekeeping Development Committee (BDC), which released its report on Wednesday. It has further suggested that training and development of beekeepers should be provided by state governments. In...

-PTI * Survey also noted that the next generation in 48% farming families does not want to pursue agriculture * At least 43.6 per cent Farmers said they did not get the correct price for their produce, said the survey conducted rural media platform Gaon Connection NEW DELHI: Loan schemes don't reach almost 60% people in rural India, says a new survey which also finds climate change to be the biggest challenge for...

-ThePrint.in Dalit Farmers in Gujarat allege that they are being prevented by upper castes from cultivating land given to them by the state government for farming. New Delhi: As many as 116 Dalit Farmers from Gujarat approached Chief Minister Vijay Rupani this week for protection over an alleged threat to their life from upper-caste “encroachers”. The Farmers, who belong to Rapar and Bhachau talukas of Kutch, allege that their upper-caste counterparts have, for...

-The Hindu Business Line About 85 per cent of the India has experienced “deficiency” or “large deficiency” in rainfall this monsoon season An umbrella body of farmer groups on Saturday urged the government to declare districts which are under severe water stress as ‘drought-hit’ immediately and not wait till the end of the monsoon season as is the usual practice. “There must not be any delay in the declaration of drought. Instead of...