-The New Indian Express Farmers are still waiting to sell their paddy to the DPC even 10 days after submitting their applications online. TENKASI: Paddy farmers from across the district alleged that the Direct Purchase Centres (DPC) here were purchasing paddy from middlemen, instead of purchasing it from them. They added that it has affected their profits and that the middlemen were now getting benefitted from their misery. When TNIE spoke to farmers...
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1.15 Crore Houses Sanctioned Under PM Housing Scheme, Says Government
-PTI/ NDTV.com Of the total houses sanctioned under PM Awas Yojana-Urban, 94.79 lakh have been grounded for construction and 56.20 lakh units have been completed, said Hardeep Singh Puri. New Delhi: Over 1.15 crore houses have been sanctioned for construction under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) across the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said that out of the total...
More »Farm income fell in four States despite aim to double income: parliamentary panel
-The Hindu While National farm income rose 27% between 2015-16 and 2018-19, Jharkhand saw a drop in monthly income by 30% The Centre vowed to double farmers’ income between 2015 and 2022, but by the midway point, farm families in Jharkhand actually saw their average monthly income drop by about 30%. In its report on the demand for grants for agriculture submitted to the Lok Sabha on Thursday, a parliamentary standing committee asked...
More »Telangana farmers pushed to suicide after pest attack destroys chilli crop -Shagun
-Down to Earth There has been no announcement on compensation to farmers who have lost their crops Twenty farmers have died by suicide since January 2022 in Telangana’s Mahabubad district after insect infestation destroyed their chilli crop, a ground survey by the Human Rights Forum (HRF) and Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV) has claimed. Five suicides have also been reported in Khammam district. Thrips parvispinus, an invasive pest from Indonesia, has spread rapidly, especially...
More »'Silent Majority' Supported the Three Farm Laws: SC-Appointed Committee Report
-TheWire.in (with PTI inputs) Anil Ghanwant, one of the three members of the committee, made the report public on Monday. Mumbai: Barely four months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm laws which fanned protests across numerous sites in India, and only a few days after the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly results, the report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws has been released in the...
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