Amaravati, July 15 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday accused the coalition government of pushing the aqua sector into distress with its anti-farmer policies. He assured the aqua farmers that the party will stand by them and take the path of agitation till justice is done to them.Addressing a gathering at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district after an interaction with aqua farmers who poured out their woes, he alleged the…
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Bhopal, July 8 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Congress has demanded that the Centre immediately increase the state’s summer moong procurement target, alleging that the existing quota is far below the actual production and would force thousands of farmers to sell their produce below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). In a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday, Pradesh Congress Committee President Jitu Patwari claimed that procurement arrange…
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) Firmly believing that without the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “double-engine” governments it is not possible to turn it into a ‘Khushal Punjab’ (prosperous Punjab). The party also aims not to go for a pre-poll alliance in the state Assembly polls slated early 2027 with its oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working in a mission mode named ‘Punjab Mission’ after a landslide win in West Bengal polls.These were the candid views of State BJP President K…
Gandhinagar, July 1 (IANS) The Gujarat government will begin procuring summer moong from registered farmers at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) from July 7, following a decision taken at the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar. Announcing the decision on Wednesday, government spokesperson and Minister Jitu Vaghani said the procurement drive is aimed at protecting farmers from financial losses when market prices fall below the MSP.For the 2025-26 marketin…
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday handed over approval letters, sanctioning 6,18,482 pucca houses for the poor in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh under the new phase of Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) and extending the minimum support price (MSP) procurement for rabi crops to benefit farmers of the state, to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Union Minister Chouhan said the approval for rural houses is part of the new…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The total area sown under kharif crops in the current season so far has gone up to 119.90 lakh hectares as on June 19 this year, compared with the corresponding figure of 117.95 lakh hectares in the same period last year, data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Monday showed.The official figures show that the area under rice is 12.36 lakh hectares so far this year, which has increased by 4.27 lakh hectares from the corresponding figure of 8.0…
Gandhinagar, June 19 (IANS) Government procurement of agricultural produce at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Gujarat has crossed Rs 65,000 crore over the past decade, with nearly 49 lakh farmers benefiting from the scheme, according to official figures released on Friday. The data shows that 1.05 crore metric tonnes of produce were procured from farmers across the state during the period, reflecting a significant expansion of MSP operations and a sharp rise in both farmer participation and the v…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM-Punjab) on Friday called on Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, at Lok Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum highlighting various issues and demands concerning the farming community.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha delegation raised several key issues, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), debt relief for farmers and agricultural labourers, conservation of water resources, cr…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) In a major relief for farmers, the Rajasthan government on Friday extended the wheat procurement period under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme for the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27 till June 19. The decision has been taken by the Food and Civil Supplies Department following the directions of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma. With the extension, all registered farmers whose wheat remains unsold will now be able to sell their produce at the MSP until June 19. The state…
Tiruchi, June 8 (IANS) Farmers’ organisations in Tamil Nadu have urged the Centre to announce an interim increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural commodities, including paddy, citing a sharp rise in fuel and fertiliser costs and growing uncertainty over weather conditions linked to a possible El Niño event. The demand comes ahead of the implementation of the MSP for the 2026-27 marketing year from September 1.The Centre had announced revised MSP rates on May 13, increasing…