In an attempt to bring down the transportation costs of horticulture products like tomatoes to the north of India, the state government has urged the railways to provide open wagons for the trains bound for Delhi and Mumbai. According to information, this option would bring down the costs consid...
NEW DELHI, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two farmers in the southern Indian state of Telangana set themselves on fire in a bid to resist demand of bribe from a local government official, police said Monday. The farmers, aged 23 and 25, torched themselves outside a local lawmaker's office on Su...
It said the Chinese walk in on our land for kilometers and sit on it but not a word is said but our own farmers who provide food on our plate are barred from entering the national capital when they demand their rights….. Food for thought. Then a landmark decision by the Supreme ...
Apart from agriculture , artisan sector is one of the most important sector in terms of providing employment in rural area. A large portion of migrants labour come from this sector since the demand of artisan products are diminishing. However, there are great chances of revival of artisans ...
"We demand a drought package that would allow us to buy seeds for the next harvest cycle and also compensate us of our losses and debts," said V. Murugesan. "We want nationalized banks to write off our loans, interlinking of rivers so that our farms are irrigated and government to provid...
Delhi,the route agreed upon a day before the planned event. Hundreds of thousands more farmers joined them, and the tractor parade started peacefully. But a faction of the demonstrators separated themselves anddrove in huge numbersto theRed Fort, built in the sixteenth century, fro...
作者: Tribune (New Delhi) 摘要: Demand stoppage of process till the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed Greater Noida, December 23 Farmers from Bisrakh, Dankore and Dadri blocks today held a panchayat to discuss the land acquisition process....
So, why not support the demand for an MSP. “The MSP should be made legal for 23 crops. These cover 80 percent of the gross cropped area in India so it will increase the income of a large section of the farming community. Rural demand will go up in a manner we have not seen ...
An official statement said concerted efforts had been made over the last few years to realign the MSP in favor of oilseeds, pulses and coarse cereals, in a bid to encourage farmers to shift larger area under these crops and adopt best technologies and farm practices, to correct the demand-...
NEW DELHI, March 10 (Xinhua) -- About 30,000 farmers in India's western state of Maharashtra are currently on a protest march to demand loan waiver, implementation of government commissions report on farmers and compensation for crop damage. ...