scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicFarmers

Topic: Farmers

Days after small savings rollback, govt now presses pause on rise in prices of key fertilisers

The decision comes days before major rice-producing states — including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam, where assembly elections are under way — kick off kharif sowing.

Punjab govt agrees to implement direct bank transfer of MSP for farmers from 10 April

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has called a meeting with 'arthiyas' (commission agents) Friday to discuss about a new mechanism ahead of wheat procurement that will commence from 10 April.

Armed with AI & drones, online mandis shake up farming, aim to cut waste to boost farm income

E-mandis deploy tech such as AI and drones to inject efficiency all along the supply chain. Indian players in the field include INI Farms, Agribazaar, Monks Bouffe, and Crofarm.

This is how RSS plans to expand base in rural UP with Ram Temple & farmers in focus

A blueprint for the RSS plan was chalked out last week in Lucknow, which was attended by its new general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. 

Ensure direct online payment to farmers for rabi crop, Piyush Goyal writes to Punjab CM

The Centre has made online direct payment to farmers mandatory for the upcoming Rabi wheat procurement season.

Modi govt’s next big farm push: Rs 10,900 cr incentive for food processing, boost to exports

Food processing is one of several sectors for which Modi govt announced PLIs last year, with an aim to push domestic industry under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and boost exports.

Of the three farm laws, Essential Commodities Act 2020 most business friendly

The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 may not be so detrimental to the farmers producing surpluses. It is the consumers who may have to worry.

Efforts being made to remove barriers in farmers’ journey from seed to market, says PM Modi

Replying to a letter written by an Uttarakhand farmer, Modi said the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana scheme is protecting economic interests of farmers.

Indian cities can have intelligent growth, not become urban horrors like Gurugram, Mumbai

Giving farmers a fair share in the profit of PPP projects, where their land has been acquired, can generate trust.

Haryana Police registers FIR against farmers for raising wall on highway, digging borewell

Farmers have been charged under the Indian Penal Code and National Highways Act after complaints from the National Highways Authority of India and local authorities, said police.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.