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The rise in input prices could not have come at a worse time for farmers, already grappling with falling domestic product prices due to rising yields and abundant harvests. (Photo: ANI)

Deepening farmers' crisis could hurt Modi's re-election bid in 2019

Thousands of farmers marched to New Delhi on Tuesday to demand better prices for their produce.

4 Oct 2018 7:40 AM GMT

Farmer leaders had said that thousands of farmers will start their Delhi Chalo march with their tractors from Rajasthans Shahjahanpur through the Jaipur highway at 11 am on Sunday. (Representational Image: AP)

Heads of protesting farmer unions to go on hunger strike from Monday

Kejriwal asked the BJP-ruled Centre to shun 'arrogance' and scrap the three farm laws as demanded by the agitating...

13 Dec 2020 3:59 PM GMT

The farmers are hard-nosed realists and they are not sentimental romantic fools like their urban supporters and urban opponents. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Farmers can't be fooled: Govt looks...

The farmers who are now demanding a law which assures MSP are not taking advantage of Mr Modi's goodwill gesture

24 Nov 2021 9:00 PM GMT

Weaker production will lead to a drop in farmers income, squeezing margins just as costs of fertilizer and fuel have soared. (Representational image: PTI)

AA Edit | Timely govt relief for farmers

Financial assistance to be given to states to promote alternative fertilisers and reduce chemical fertiliser use is of...

29 Jun 2023 9:56 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (PTI)

Govt to Ensure Fair Prices to Farmers: Modi

The PM talked about the measures to strengthen cooperative societies and mentioned the reduction in tax rates

1 July 2023 7:13 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi says Cong giving lollipops' to farmers

Modi slammed the Congress for not implementing the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission on minimum support...

29 Dec 2018 6:58 PM GMT

Farmers gather at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during their Delhi Chalo march, in Patiala district, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Farmers reject talks, gear up for long battle to reach Delhi

Protesters hurl stones, cops fire in air, lob tear gas shells, dropped some from drones, to disperse crowds

13 Feb 2024 7:44 PM GMT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses the gathering during Kisan Mahapanchayat at Chandwad, in Nashik district, March 14, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Rahul Gandhi promises GST exemption for farmers

Gandhi, whose Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is in Maharashtra, was speaking at a farmers' rally in Chandwad taluka of Nashik...

14 March 2024 7:51 PM GMT

Farmers dump potatoes on the road due to falling prices in Jalandhar. (Photo: PTI)

From jai kisan to die kisan'

Micro and macro-level problems make agriculture a fatal profession.

2 July 2017 1:03 AM GMT

24 per cent higher allocation for agriculture, Rs 1 lakh crore hike in credit target.

Why must Bharat feed India at its cost?

The Agriculture Census shows only 58.1 million hectares of land was actually irrigated in India.

16 Jun 2017 8:27 PM GMT

Rice has around 1020 times more arsenic than other cereal crops as rice is cultivated in flooded conditions.

Farm loans: Interest subsidy on short-term loans raised

The Cabinet has approved the total expenditure of Rs 20,339 crore in 2017 as interest subsidy on short-term crop loans.

14 Jun 2017 8:38 AM GMT

Indian farmers shout slogans during a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh government in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

The return of the moneylenders

A current of dread runs through the country's suicide-ravaged farmlands as their debts pass from husband to widow, from...

29 Jun 2017 6:58 PM GMT