Maharashtra dumps SEZ for real estate

Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses

Farmers feel left out

The budget is more concerned about the consumer than the grower

Stiff resistance

Time to redress

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?

65 million draught animals

What runs the small farming economy?

Foreign influence

Instead of designing a low-priced indigenous tractor, industry copies models used abroad

Rift within West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition

West Bengal proposes land acquisition, ruling Front riven

India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry

Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry

Why do farmers have to die?

Why do farmers have to die?

In short

Amon crops survive pest threat

Rodents destroy crops in Mizoram

Sulphur deficiency in Madhya Pradesh soil leads to poor harvest

UP voters ask candidates for assembly election to take test

Chhattisgarh's plan for a new capital puts farmers in a fix

Pyrrhic victory

Roll back SEZ

Shrimp lose shine in Bangladesh

Andhra farmers to earn more

Repeat and step it up

After SEZs, nuclear power parks

Power plants proposed on farmland will displace 50,000 people

Centre hikes Kharif crops’ MSP; paddy at Rs 2,183 per quintal

Paddy MSP up by Rs 143 for 2023-24; expected margin to farmers at least 50%, claims Centre

The mandi system will eventually collapse: Rakesh Tikait on new farm laws

Bhartiya Kisan Union spokesperson questions why Narendra Modi govt didn’t consult stakeholders before pushing 3 contentious Bills through …

Treasury Benches brazen it out; voice vote in Rajya Sabha seals farmers’ fate

No physical voting, no extension of discussions, muted broadcast and marshalls mark hurried Sunday session; agriculturists, now on …