-The Times of India CHENNAI: At a time when fears of another drought year are looming large, an RTI application filed by TOI has revealed that the quantity of foodgrains damaged in Food Corporation of India godowns across the country recorded a drastic jump over the last two years when the country lost more than 40,000 tonnes. Though the losses are attributed to natural calamities like cyclone and floods, experts say...

-The Times of India GUWAHATI: With the onset of monsoon in the northeast, Assam has been hit by the first wave of floods affecting over 60,000 people in nine districts of the state. At least one person has been washed away in the fresh wave of deluge. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Monday said the Brahmaputra and the Jia Bharali were flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat...

-PTI Jammu: Yet to come to terms with the losses suffered in the devastating floods in 2014, farmers in Jammu district received another rude shock when the state government issued them compensation cheques ranging from a meagre Rs 32 to Rs 113. Refusing to accept the paltry dole, the farmers returned the cheques saying the PDP-BJP government has "rubbed salt into their wounds". Farmers in Saroor village of Marh tehsil of Jammu district...

-The Tribune Transformative approaches to agriculture are the need of the hour. For this, we have to impart climate resilience and rehabilitate economically stressed farming communities of agriculturally developed regions. Since more than two decades now, farmers have been committing suicides in India, a fact that reflects the harsh realities of farming. Most of these farmers were traditional family farmers, leading a lifestyle based on traditions and beliefs. The intensive commercial commodity-based...

-The New Indian Express The financial distress in the rural sector, especially borne by the farmers and reflected in farmer suicides, is a matter of concern for the nation. The rural economy housing nearly two-thirds of the population is vital for the development of the nation as it not only supplies food for consumption but also provides a market for industrial output. The rural people, due to lack of awareness of...