The Centre has refused to roll back the three laws, which BJP poll managers fear will dent the party's poll prospects in Punjab
20 Sep 2021 6:52 AM
One of the major challenges before the govt is to ensure that the farmers call off their proposed tractor march to Delhi on Republic Day
16 Jan 2021 1:27 AM
The next round of discussions to resolve the deadlock over laws enacted in September last year will be held on January 8
05 Jan 2021 4:30 AM
Farmers have proposed December 29 as the date for the next round of negotiations with the government
27 Dec 2020 4:24 AM
Government provided Rs 6,000 crore subsidy to export 60 lakh tonnes of sugar as the country is surplus in the sweetener, he said
11 Jun 2020 4:13 PM
The government wants to restrict overseas purchase so that domestic prices of wheat do not come under pressure.
28 Apr 2019 3:18 PM
The efforts of our government to provide MSP to the farmer has become a role model to the entire country,' the CM said.
17 Apr 2019 10:00 AM
FCI is the central nodal agency that undertakes mainly the procurement and distribution of wheat and rice at the MSP.
11 Mar 2019 5:27 PM
Delhi is the first state in the country to implement the Swaminathan Commission report on farming sector: Sisodia.
26 Feb 2019 2:00 PM
Sugar production is likely to decline to around 30 million tonne in SS 2018-19 from the record high of 32.3 million tonne in SS 2017-18.
25 Feb 2019 7:02 PM
This will lead to incremental domestic sales realisation of Rs 3,300 crore: Crisil.
20 Feb 2019 1:05 PM
Government has fixed MSP for 22 notified crops at 50 per cent higher than cost of production.
01 Feb 2019 12:50 PM
Govt year after year has taken conditional steps in order to make investments in agriculture in terms of subsidy support, price support.
18 Sep 2018 3:03 PM
The government was legitimately proud that India has gone up in the scale of Ease of Doing Business.
26 Aug 2018 5:41 AM
There is a critical need for a huge number of cold storage warehouses so that during a surplus perishable items like vegetables can be stored.
18 Jul 2018 12:24 AM
AIKSCC demands that as per their MSP Guarantee Bill, every grain in the country must be sold at least on the MSP.
15 Jul 2018 12:56 AM
Seeks legal view on option; proposal to levy 1 per cent sugar cess scrapped.
12 Jul 2018 10:02 AM
The party also alleged that the government is not serious in solving the issues that have been troubling farmers.
05 Jul 2018 7:06 AM
Niti Aayog estimates, the cost of 1.5 times MSP for 24 crops could be around Rs 1.15 lakh crore.
05 Jun 2018 9:00 AM
WGC expects imports to remain in line with last year
04 May 2018 6:22 AM