farmers

The Central Government has given several incentives to sugar industry to help it resolve liquidity problems and expeditiously clear cane price due of farmers during 2014-15. Here are the major measures taken by the ministry to address the…

October 2013 was a critical month for the farmers of Odisha. Cyclone Phailin and subsequently heavy flood devastated the crops in 18 districts. More than 12 lakh hectares of area was affected, of which 7.82 lakh ha of area sustained more…

Nabarangpur, 18-01-13 (By Rakesh Gupta): Poverty stricken KBK districts face lethal consequences each day. After a woman suicide yesterday in Balangir district along with her young children due to poverty, now a farmer has committed suicide…

TNI Bureau: Kishan Cell President of OPCC Amiya Mohanty today held a press-meet at Bhubaneswar addressing the issue of distress sale of paddy by the farmers across the state. In his address, he said, due to friendly weather, the paddy…

TNI Bureau: Farmers of Balangir demanded for compensation and other facilities before the District Administration yesterday. The farmers demonstrated in front of the District Collector’s office under the banner of ‘Balangir Zilla Krushak…

TNI Bureau: The agitation by sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra has taken an ugly turn, as the protesters set a police vehicle ablaze in Karvir in Kolhapur. Several policemen are said to be injured in stone-pelting. Violent incidents were…

TNI Bureau: While the UPA government is facing fire from the Opposition and public for rising prices, Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma made a bizarre comment saying the inflation is good for farmers. Verma said that he was happy…