Bihar Budget: Farmers, youths and women in focus ahead of Assembly
Patna, March 3 (IANS) Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections 2025-26, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Samrat Choudhary has presented a populist budget aimed at farmers, students, and women, with a total allocation of Rs 3.17 lakh crore. Bihar is an agriculture-based state, with 80 per cent of the population dependent on farming. Keeping […]
Farmers to get permanent electricity connection at Rs 5: MP CM
Bhopal, March 2 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday announced that the Madhya Pradesh government will provide permanent electricity connection for farmers at Rs. 5. While directing the immediate implementation of this scheme in the central region, he stated that it would be gradually extended across the entire state. Chief Minister informed that in […]
Pruning of promised aid to farmers gives ammunition to opposition in Telangana
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) The Congress government’s decision to prune the promised investment support to farmers under Rythu Bharosa is likely to give fresh ammunition to the opposition parties, which had termed the move a “betrayal” of farmers. Both Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plan to launch protests and further step […]
Farmers in Jharkhand forced to destroy bumper vegetable crop amid plummeting prices
Ranchi, Jan 4 (IANS) 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 basic costs of cultivation. Staple vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, and tomatoes are being sold for as […]
IIT Madras, Agriculture Ministry to partner on project VISTAAR to empower farmers
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Thursday announced a collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare on Project VISTAAR, which seeks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the agricultural extension system through digitalisation. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed recently between the Agriculture Ministry and IIT […]
Cabinet approves extension of Rs 69,515.71cr worth crop insurance schemes for farmers
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) 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 outlay of Rs 69,515.71 crore from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The decision will help with risk coverage of […]
Central govt subsidy on loans to farmers jumps over 5-fold to Rs 1.3 lakh crore in 2014-2023
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) There has been a more than 5-fold jump in the amount spent by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on extending loans at subsidised rates of interest to benefit farmers during the last 9 years compared to the previous 8-year period when the UPA government was in power, according to figures compiled by the Finance Ministry.
