Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Opposition BRS legislators staged a protest near Telangana Assembly on Wednesday demanding payment of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for maize farmers in the state.Holding maize cobs in their hands, BRS MLAs and MLCs gathered at Telangana Martyrs’ Memorial Gun Park before marching to the Assembly.Led by BRS deputy leader in the Assembly T. Harish Rao, the BRS legislators raised slogans, demanding the government to open centres to procure maize and ensure payment of …
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New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accorded the highest priority to farmers’ income and security through a series of measures, including promoting profitable alternative crops in place of harmful crops like tobacco, ensuring historic procurement at minimum support price (MSP), introducing revolutionary reforms in the crop insurance scheme, and establishing a s…
Bhopal, March 6 (IANS) With a view to facilitating greater participation in the procurement process in Madhya Pradesh, the registration deadline for wheat has been extended from March 7 to 10, giving farmers extra time to register and benefit from the scheme. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav engaged in parleys with representatives of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) at his official residence on Friday. The meeting focused on addressing key concerns of the farming community and resulted in several impor…
Chandigarh, March 3 (IANS) Haryana is expected to see 13.17 lakh metric tons mustard, while sunflower is projected at 0.70 lakh metric tons and summer moong estimated at 98,000 metric tons. These facts came to light at a review meeting chaired by the State Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi here on Tuesday.The state government has announced to start procurement of lentils from March 20 to April 30; mustard from March 28 to May 1; gram from April 1 to May 10; moong from May 15 to June 20; and sunflow…
Barwani, March 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition (LoP) Umang Singhar said on Monday that farmers of Nimar region were looking for some new schemes from the BJP government. “However, the meeting appears to be more a means of publicity and image-building than farmer welfare,” he said.Congress leader Singhar, who also belongs to the Tribal community from Dhar district of Nimar region, said, “The cabinet meeting attempted to cover up the situation by approving an irrigation project …
Gurdaspur, March 1 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said that together “we must make Punjab ‘Rangla Punjab’ again”, stating it “is the sacred land of the Gurus, sacrifice and martyrdom”. He said even after suffering the trauma of Partition, the people of Punjab refused to succumb to despair and turned self-belief into their greatest strength.Addressing a programme of the Saini Samaj at Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, Saini said the upcoming Punjab …
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) Set to launch election campaigns ahead of the Assembly polls slated in early 2027, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a ‘Badlav Rally’ in Punjab’s Moga town on March 14.State BJP working President Ashwani Sharma said on Thursday that “every section of Punjab, distressed on all fronts, has made up its mind to oust the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from power and they now consider the BJP a reliable and credible alternative for change”.On March 16, the AAP governm…
Bhopal, Feb 25 (IANS) Over 4.42 lakh farmers so far have been registered for procurement of wheat at the minimum support price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27, Food and Civil Supply Minister of Madhya Pradesh Govind Singh Rajput said on Wednesday. The Minister shared that a total of 3,186 registration centres have been set up across Madhya Pradesh to ensure a smooth, easy system. He also appealed to the farmers to get themselves registered within the stipulated time.The registrat…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Wednesday, claimed that the move by the Union Cabinet to approve a major hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute, will benefit lakhs of farmers in West Bengal. BJP’s Information Technology (IT) cell Chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, in a social media statement on Wednesday afternoon, claimed that the Union Government’s decision to fix the MSP for raw jute (TD-3 grade) at Rs 5,925 per qui…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over the interim India-US trade framework, alleging that the agreement severely harms Indian farmers by opening the door to cheaper agricultural imports from America. He claimed that even Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, does not know what is in the deal. Khera is in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to participate in a protest against the India-US trade deal. Speaking to I…