Chandigarh: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and national highways at several places in Punjab as part of a protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha over the “tardy” procurement of paddy. Also, strikes…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to raise the limit for collateral-free agriculture loans from Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh to enhance coverage of small and marginal farmers and permit…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26 with an overall…
Ranchi: Farmers in Jharkhand are grappling with severe financial distress despite a bumper harvest as vegetable prices have plunged in markets across the state over the past week, leaving them unable to recover even the…
Chandigarh: Amidst the absence of BJP’s two legislators in the 117-member house, the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution against the Centre’s draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing, terming it an “attempt…
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has ramped up its protest against the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, with several Opposition leaders labeling it a “black Bill” that seeks to unjustly…
Chandigarh:The Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday, condemned the so-called India-US trade deal, calling it a “dangerous, anti-farmer and anti-national agreement that will devastate Indian agriculture and push millions of farmers towards economic ruin”.…
