-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: Several organisations and individuals have sought higher Budget outlays for all departments dealing with the agriculture sector if the Centre is really serious about Farmers’ welfare. “Budget 2015-16 was a serious disappointment in that it actually cut down allocations for Ministry of Agriculture to levels less than 2011-12, i.e., five years earlier! (see table) …. It is clear that Farmers’ welfare added to the Ministry’s...
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e-agri platform to be launched on April 14: Modi
-PTI He said this platform will enable the Farmers, using a mobile phone, to sell their produce anywhere in the country. SEHORE (MP): A digital platform for enabling Farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Sehore on Thursday as he resolved to ensure doubling of the Farmers’ income by 2022. Mr. Modi, who unveiled guidelines...
More »Yogendra Yadav, leader of Swaraj Abhiyan, interviewed by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-Frontline Former psephologist Yogendra Yadav, now a member of the political collective Swaraj Abhiyan, recently toured India’s drought-affected districts. He called it a Samvedna Yatra. During the tour, he took note of the agony in rural areas affected by what he calls “one of the worst droughts in independent India” The drought, according to him, has left Farmers and the larger rural community in extreme distress, leading to damaging changes in...
More »BJP MP says fashionable for Farmers to commit suicide, sparks row
-PTI Mumbai: In controversial remarks, BJP MP Gopal Shetty has attributed Farmers’ suicides to a “fashion” and “trend” to end lives. The remarks come at a time when Maharashtra is reeling under an agrarian crisis with 124 Farmers committing suicide in the state since January. “Not all Farmers’ suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on,” Shetty, who represents north Mumbai, said after an...
More »91% land holding would belong to small Farmers by 2030: Agriculture minister
-PTI NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the sustainability of small farms, Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday said 91 per cent of the total farm holding would belong to small and marginal Farmers by 2030. According to the Agriculture Census, the total number of operational holdings in India numbered 138.35 million with an average size of 1.15 hectares. Of the total holdings, 85 per cent are in marginal and small farm...
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