Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and CWC member Ramesh Chennithala on Friday alleged a “massive Rs 700-crore fraud” in Kerala’s Cooperative Department, claiming the irregularities are unfolding even as the state heads into a crucial election phase.Kerala is set to go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 members to the Legislative Assembly.Addressing the media, Chennithala said the alleged scam — potentially the largest in the state’s cooperative sector — centres o…
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Coimbatore, March 3 (IANS) Farmers in parts of Coimbatore district have alleged that technical glitches and procedural delays are hampering access to crop loans from Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS), even after the Tamil Nadu government introduced an online application system to speed up approvals. The Cooperative Department recently digitalised the crop loan process, enabling farmers to apply online with the promise of same-day processing.Under the scheme, eligible farmers can …
Bhopal, March 2 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved 16 schemes across six key departments dedicated to farmers’ welfare at a special agriculture cabinet meeting held in Nangalwadi in Barwani district. Altogether, the state will invest Rs 27,746 crore in these initiatives.The approved schemes include one from the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, three from the Horticulture and Food Processing Department, four from the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department, two fr…
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) Red sugarcane farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district have voiced strong discontent over the procurement price offered by the Cooperative Department for sugarcane supplied as part of the state government’s Pongal gift hampers.Although the government announced a rate of Rs 38 per cane, farmers allege that after deductions for transportation, handling, and labour, they receive only about Rs 25 per cane, which they say is financially unsustainable.The Cooperative Departmen…