India needs 30,000 agri-markets to give fair deal to farmers

For 47 years, government has not acted on recommendation of upgrading rural markets into business hubs  

देश में 34 हजार मंडियों की कमी, किसान कहां बेचें अपने उत्पाद?

राजनीतिक दलों को किसान की चिंता तो है, लेकिन उनके पास मंड…

Will this ‘pro-agriculture’ budget connect with farmers?

Whether this budget will really bring any immediate change on the ground is a big question

Budget 2018: Can Centre allay farmers’ concerns over price crash, low market density?  

The average agricultural growth has reached its lowest in the last four years to 1.9 per cent

'Punjab Contract Farming Act protects traders’ interests'

In April this year, the Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Contract Farming Act. The new law provides a legal framework to regulate contract …

Onion growers blockade highway; demand revoking export ban

Consumers likely to face the brunt