अनाज की अधिकता का दावा आंकड़ों की बाजीगरी तो नहीं?
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Centre approves Operation Green pilot in 8 states
17 clusters have been chosen in 8 states to roll out the pilot of Operation Green, a Central scheme aimed to contain annual price distress …
Maharashtra penalises traders for buying below MSP
Traders in designated state markets to attract 1-year jail term or fine up to Rs 50,000 or both if they buy farm commodity below the announced …
Rein in dairy exports to our continent: African farmers to EU
African dairy farmers protested outside the European Union HQ to demand that they don’t over-produce milk and then flood African markets
गाय संकट- 3, मेवात का कलंक
हरियाणा का पिछड़ा जिला गाय से जुड़े सख्त कानून की सजा पा रहा है। लोगों की छवि गोस्तकर के रूप में बनाई जा रही ...
पेप्सिको के खिलाफ किसानों का सत्याग्रह, खेतों में उगाएंगे चिप्स वाला आलू
पेप्सिको इंडिया के द्वारा आलू की किस्म पर अपने अधिकार सुरक्षित करने के खिलाफ किसानों ने सत्याग्रह शुरू किया है, इससे पहले पेप्सिको ने ...
Data shows corporates are consistently favoured over rural India
Corporate India gets indirect subsidy equivalent to 60 per cent of government expenditure on rural areas
Doubling farmers’ income discussed in a closed door meeting
What is the use of strategy when no special budget was allocated to double farmers’ income, says a senior NITI Aayog official anonymously
Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on spurious pesticides
As allegedly fake pesticides prove ineffective in controlling pests, farmers resort to indiscriminate spraying
Ensure no coercive action taken against defaulting farmers: Supreme Court to Tamil Nadu
Petitioners argued that rise in suicide cases was due to punitive action taken by bank officias against drought-hit farmers who are not able to …
Pulses, neglected for long
Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …
More than 60% markets sell agricultural produce below MSP
The price of cereal, paddy and oilseed has crashed in more than 1,700 markets, according to government data
Farmer producer organisations need their very own Amul
Instead of encouraging them on paper, the government has to create a few model FPOs in the country and provide institutional support to them
After causing food crisis in Africa, worms attack Karnataka’s maize crop
It's a reason to worry because this caterpillar can also destroy crops like rice, cotton and sugarcane
पशु व्यापार पर प्रतिबंध से विकराल हो रही है आवारा मवेशियों की समस्या
आवारा मवेशियों की संख्या इस हद तक बढ़ गई है कि फसलों को बचाने के लिए ग्रामीणों को रातभर जागना पड़ रहा है
At market's mercy
The government's decision to phase out procurement of rice from millers for its public distribution system may increase small farmers' …
Women farmers demand recognition from govt at 2-day meet
Governments in India define farmers as those who own land, which is usually not the case with women
Going backward
As the Maratha community in Maharashtra finally gets 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, Down To Earth profiles other …
Project without a plan
After two budgets and Rs 5,300 crore in funding, the Centre's micro irrigation project that promises water to every farmland is not even close to …
Scrap laws banning cattle slaughter, farm exports: Farmers
Farmer organisations say these laws and several others ensure farmers do not get their rightful pay
New MP, Chhattisgarh CMs' loan waivers to not benefit 3.5 million farmers
The schemes Kamal Nath and Bhupesh Baghel announced soon after taking oath will not help those who take loans from money lenders
Tribals, widows, farm hands, farmers from all over India reach Delhi with their demands
After congregating at Ramlila Maidan from 4 corners they will march towards Parliament Friday
सियासत में पिसता गन्ना-1: 156 लोस सीटों पर ऐसे किया जाता है कब्जा!
चीनी उद्योग और सरकारों के बीच भ्रष्ट गठजोड़ है। देश की 156 लोकसभा सीटें गन्ने की राजनीति से जुड़ी हैं। अधिकांश नेताओं के अधीन ...
How cow became the mother of demigods
The current political discourse on cow protection disregards the history of beef eating in India
Desertification in India: Ananthapuramu in Andhra is so sandy it draws filmmakers to shoot
Dwindling rainfall, dependence on borewell for water-guzzling horticulture increase soil aridity