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Govt directs NCCF, NAFED to start buying 5L tonnes of onion directly from farmers
New Delhi: The government has directed the NCCF and the NAFED to start buying 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the country’s buffer requirement directly from farmers as the Rabi-2024 harvest has…
- Telangana
Telangana: BRS shedding crocodile tears over farmers’ issues, says Shabbir
Hyderabad: Advisor to the Telangana government (SC, ST, BC and minorities) and Congress senior leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused the BRS leaders of shedding crocodile tears over the farmers’ issues. He questioned,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Panchayat secy wears gorilla costume to keep monkeys at bay
Hyderabad: In a bid to guard crops from monkeys in Morampalli Banjar village of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, gram panchayat secretary, M Bhavani, came up with a novel idea. Instead of deploying scarecrows,…
- India
Congress accuses govt of doing nothing to protect interests of farmers
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the government of not doing anything to protect the interests of farmers and exporters of Basmati rice, which it claimed was being grown illegally in…
- Telangana
Telangana government to help farmers hit by unseasonal rains
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will help the farmers, whose crops were damaged due to unseasonal rains, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said on Wednesday. He said Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has…
- Telangana
BRS demands compensation for farmers hit by unseasonal rains in Telangana
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader T. Harish Rao has demanded the Telangana government to provide financial assistance to farmers who suffered huge losses due to unseasonal rains. The former minister…
- India
AIKS slams RSS for calling protesting farmers ‘disruptive forces’
New Delhi: The All India Kisan Sabha on Monday slammed the RSS for calling the protesting farmers of Punjab and Haryana “disruptive forces,” and claimed “Hindutva terrorism” as the gravest internal threat…
- Telangana
Dharani panel begins field visits to address application backlogs
Hyderabad: The field trips of Telangana government committee tasked with studying the Dharani portal and resolving the application backlog have begun. The exercise began on Wednesday, March 11, in parts of the…
- Bangalore
Investigation underway in farmers violence in Haveri: Karnataka Home Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said that an investigation is underway to find out who triggered the violence in Haveri after prices of the famous Byadgi chilli crop came…
- World
Protests of farmers rise in EU; they target climate change and Neoliberal agri-policies
By Vajra Zayara As the protests of farmers resume in India, a sweeping wave of agitations from European farmers are also making global headlines. These protests whether local or global, highlight significant…
- India
Modi govt treating farmers like ‘enemies’: Cong chief Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government was “anti-farmer” and treating farmers as “enemies” for demanding their rights. His remarks come a day after farmer…
- India
‘Delhi Chalo’ call stands, further announcements on Mar 3, farmer leaders say
Chandigarh: Farmer leaders on Friday asserted that their “Delhi Chalo” agitation will continue till demands are met, saying they will announce their next course of action on March 3 after a prayer…
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Does a legally binding MSP benefit farmers, agriculture, and the economy?
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ protests by farmers revolve around the primary demand for a legally binding Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all 23 major agriculture crops, with the added condition that the MSP…