State govt provides an annual average subsidy of Rs 52,000 per pump set. And while rising subsidy costs are straining state finances, cutting back on these carries political risks.
Police stations are distributing DAP as rabi season is underway. Retired ICAR scientist warns fertiliser shortage could pose a threat to national food security.
Farmers say they spend Rs 4,000 per acre on stubble management. In 2019, SC had ordered Rs 100 per quintal for non-basmati farmers who don't burn stubble, but farmers yet to see payment.
Arrested farmers released as this is a bailable offence; nearly 100 farmers across Haryana face probe for stubble burning, while fines have been imposed on more than 300.
IndusInd Bank CEO Sumant Kathpalia said microfinance loan disbursal slowed in April-June due to LS polls and heatwaves, adding that rural areas were recovering from pandemic impact.
We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
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.
Indian farmers are not an asset for the nation. They are just liabilities. Their pathetic productivity levels coupled with their political clout has ensured that Indian agriculture has remained stuck in the 1970s. Whereas the world has moved forward, our farmers are stuck in the past.
They live off the hard earned money of Indians working in the services and manufacturing sectors.
Indian farmers are not an asset for the nation. They are just liabilities. Their pathetic productivity levels coupled with their political clout has ensured that Indian agriculture has remained stuck in the 1970s. Whereas the world has moved forward, our farmers are stuck in the past.
They live off the hard earned money of Indians working in the services and manufacturing sectors.