-NDTV.com Farmers Protest: On Tuesday, sources said the centre had indicated it is willing to offer a written assurance on a number of the Farmers' demands, including a committee on MSP. New Delhi: Farmers who have spent the last 15 months protesting the farm laws and pushing for a legal guarantee for MSP, are on the brink of scaling down their agitation after accepting a second draft proposal from the government, which...
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Immediate Suspension Of All Cases: Centre's Big Peace Offer To Farmers -Saurabh Shukla
-NDTV.com Yesterday sources said the centre had indicated it is willing to offer a written assurance on a number of the Farmers' demands, including a committee on MSP New Delhi: All cases against Farmers - both in connection with the farm laws agitations and over stubble burning - will be immediately suspended, the government said Wednesday according to sources, as part of a revised proposal urging thousands to stand down a protest...
More »Gramin Agricultural Markets: Two years on, just 6% haats upgraded -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The Centre had announced a scheme in the 2018-19 budget to upgrade rural haats so that small Farmers could get fair prices for their produce It has been two years since an ambitious programme to convert 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) was launched. But only 1,251 have come up till now. This is barely six per cent of the target. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told...
More »India’s fertiliser subsidy set to rise by 62% in current financial year: Crisil
-The Hindu Business Line This is on the back of swift rise in prices of raw materials and global natural gas India is likely to witness an unprecedented jump in the Central government’s fertiliser subsidy on the back of swift rise in prices of raw materials and global natural gas. According to ratings agency Crisil, the government’s fertiliser subsidy bill is likely to be higher by ₹50,000 crore to touch the total...
More »Tomato price rise: Farmers in Andhra say that is only part of the whole story -G Ram Mohan
-Down to Earth All-year demand, the pressures of cultivating tomato off season and changing climate are making life difficult for Chittoor’s Farmers Tomato prices across the country have shot through the roof recently. The government has intervened to lower the prices. But for Farmers in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, one of India’s major tomato-growing areas, the government’s action show its bias for urban consumers and its neglect for rural Farmers who are...
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