-PTI New Delhi: Around 3.10 crore small Farmers have so far received the first tranche of Rs. 2,000 each under the PM-Kisan scheme and 2.10 crore peasants have got the second instalment as well, costing Rs. 10,500 crore to the exchequer, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said Tuesday. The government had announced that 12 crore Farmers would be covered under the the Rs. 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. Each...
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'PM KISAN scheme to benefit just 38% Farmers till polls conclude' -Saurabh Katkurwar
-IANS New Delhi: The ambitious PM-KISAN scheme that aims to provide Rs 6,000 annually to small and marginal Farmers will reach only 38 per cent of the intended beneficiaries by the end of ongoing Lok sabha polls, thanks to tardy furnishing of information by the states, lack of digitised land records and the election Model Code of Conduct being in force, according to government officials involved in its implementation. The scheme, announced...
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-The Indian Express Farm distress, particularly the stray cattle menace and the crisis in livestock sector, and mounting sugarcane arrears could dampen the BJP’s performance in UP. If one wants to know the quality of our evolving democracy, one must watch the ongoing election campaign in India. It is great fun too. And nothing is more interesting than tracking it in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the real political battle is being...
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-The Hindu Lender cites high bad loans for drastic move in two States; Marathwada, Vidarbha to be impacted Mumbai: In an unusual move, a state-run lender, Bank of Maharashtra, has decided not to extend loans in eight zones in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh that include Aurangabad, Latur, Akola, and Amravati, which are hit by drought. The bank cited high bad loans from agricultural advances in the branches of these zones for the decision....
More »Elections 2019: Tears of Onion Farmers to Affect BJP Bastion in North Maharashtra -Amey Tirodkar
-Newsclick.in Northern Maharashtra, which produces almost 60% of India’s total onion crop, has seen a steady fall in onion rates creating a crisis for the Farmers in the drought affected state. Two months back, NewsClick reported the suicide of a 22-year-old boy whose onion crop had failed. This Akshay Tambe was from Bhoom tehsil of Marathwada, an area which is actually not known for onion cultivation. But the heart wrenching stories of...
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