RAJKOT: In yet another incident of farmer’s suicide, 60-year-old farmer has committed suicide in Ambalgadh village in Maliya-Hatina taluka of Junagadh district. According to sources, deceased has been identified as Popat Hirapara. Popat Hirapara consumed poison at his farm after his crops failed. Hirapara’s family members said that he has been under depression as his […]
Julie Mariappan, TNN | Mar 21, 2013, 03.06 PM IST CHENNAI: The state, which saw a disastrous crop failure owing to poor monsoon and Karnataka’s refusal to release water, has decided to give more thrust to the agriculture sector, with the AIADMK government allocating Rs 5,189.15 crore for the next fiscal year. Chief minister J […]
TNN Mar 21, 2013, 05.10AM IST CHANDIGARH: Punjab government has earmarked Rs 66 crore for the families of those farmers and farm workers who had committed suicide. The 4,688 affected families will get Rs 2 lakh each. This comes as a big relief for the ailing families. In its previous 2012-13 plan, the state government […]
TNN Mar 21, 2013, 05.10AM IST CHANDIGARH: Punjab government has earmarked Rs 66 crore for the families of those farmers and farm workers who had committed suicide. The 4,688 affected families will get Rs 2 lakh each. This comes as a big relief for the ailing families. In its previous 2012-13 plan, the state government […]
New Delhi: To address concers of farmers who have been agitating in the capital for two days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today formed a ministerial panel which will discuss impact of retail FDI and minimum support prices among other things. The committee of six ministers headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has decided to take […]
Hyderabad – Braving dry climate, poverty, poor access to market and calls of Maoist rebels to join them, hundreds of youths from marginalized communities in rural India are turning into food growers, transforming dry, barren land into green, productive fields Dalit youth Ramesh, 19, of Rayapally – a village 170 km away from Hyderabad city […]
New Delhi, March 19, 2013: On the second day of a large farmers’ rally in the heart of India’s capital here today, the Mahapanchayat (great assembly) of farmers and agriculture workers resolved to stay put until their demands are met. In a historical new formation, people’s movements and large farmers’ unions have come together to […]
Press Trust of India New Delhi March 18, 2013 Scores of farmers from across the country gathered at Jantar Mantar here today under the banner of Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements (ICCFM) and pressed the government to accept their demand for guaranteed income for peasants. In a protest termed “Kisan Khet Mazdoor Mahapanchayat”, the […]
Posted by : RAGINI BHUYAN 16th Mar 2013 For Bagh market wears a deserted look on Sundays —almost, but for the buzz within a small dilapidated building. Step inside, and you will discover the Organic Farmer’s Sunday Market. What started as a weekly organic food haat in Lodhi restaurant has now grown into a full-fledged […]
Posted by Parul Pandey TNN Mar 15, 2013 PATNA: The state farmers spend 25% of their agriculture budget on chemical fertilizers, claims Greenpeace in its report, ‘Fertilizer, fuel and food: Win-win option for Bihar’, released on Thursday. The report also claims that the use of chemical fertilizers was not only affecting the farmers monetarily but also their […]