Maharashtra Farmers had taken out a foot march from Nashik to Mumbai in protest over onion prices. On Saturday one 58 year old Farmer who had attended the foot march died at Shahapur police station in Thane district, informed the All India Kisan Sabha state general secretary Ajit Nawale. The Maharashtra Farmers announced on Saturday that they have called off the march following assurance from the state government and the centre....
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India allows early wheat procurement by states to avert distress sale by Farmers - Shloka Badkar
CNBC TV18 The Centre has allowed an early procurement of wheat procurement by states to avert the possibility of any distress sale by Farmers. Despite the pre-monsoon rains increasing moisture content in the rabi crop, government sources have maintained that the procurement cycle is on track and there hasn't been any adverse climatic impact on wheat harvest or supply so far. While government sources indicated that wheat procurement in Madhya Pradesh will...
More »Unseasonal rains and hail damage crops in India - Mayank Bharadwaj
Reuters Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged ripening, winter-planted crops such as wheat in India's fertile northern, central and western plains, exposing thousands of Farmers to losses and raising the risk of further food price inflation. Torrential rains on Sunday and Monday lashed Punjab, Haryana parts of Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh state, which account for the bulk of wheat output in India, the world's biggest producer after China, flattening crops and...
More »CM Adityanath Claims ‘No Farmer Suicides in Last 6 Years In UP’, Data Show 398 Cases - Merin Mathew, Nidhi Jacob
Factchecker.in On March 6, 2023, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that no Farmer had died by suicide in the last six years. But, 398 Farmers and 731 farm labourers died by suicide between 2017 and 2021 in the state, official data show. “Sugarcane Farmers in Uttar Pradesh were forced to burn their crops and attempt suicide but in the last six years, no Farmer in Uttar Pradesh has died by...
More »Eight Farmers Are Ending Their Lives Daily in Maharashtra according to the NCP - The Wire.in
As many as eight Farmers are reportedly dying by suicide everyday in Maharashtra. As many as 1,203 Farmers took their lives ever since the Eknath Shinde government came to power, the Indian Express reported, quoting NCP leader and Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar, while he was speaking at Maharashtra’s legislative assembly on March 10. “Farming in Maharashtra is under threat due to unseasonal rain, farm produce is unable to get a...
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