Farmers want Modi to avoid unfair trade deals with Trump

Expresses concern over possible access of US agri products to Indian markets

Will India’s new agricultural export policy work?

Food grain buffers exceed need, global prices remain depressed

Creative accounting, window dressing apart Centre's COVID-19 relief package 0.5% of GDP: Jean Drèze

The Centre announced a relief package recently and a few other interim measures after the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19 left …

Water-stressed in India: Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh paints a dismal picture

No funds released under Jal Shakti Abhiyan, MGNREGS works incomplete: District officials

Locust attack: Excessive pesticide use will take its toll on Thar ecology

The strongest pesticides used to counter locust invasions will leech into waterbodies and crops, say experts

भारत में रह रहे दुनिया के 28 फीसदी गरीब: मानव विकास सूचकांक 2019

यूूएनडीपी के वार्षिक मानव विकास सूचकांक के मुताबिक, भारत में 2005 से 2015 के दौरान लगभग 27.1 करोड़ लोग गरीब रेखा से बाहर निकल ...

No worries, government assures dairy industry on RCEP

India’s homegrown dairy industry would require a support of around Rs 8-10 per kilogram of milk if the government allows import of dairy …

Spinning industry seeks government help

Industry association recently published advertisements in newspapers, seeking govt attention

Government’s flip-flops on heatwaves

While the Central government has been keeping a tab on heatwaves since 2014, officially, it has refused to declare them as natural disasters

गाय संकट- 3, मेवात का कलंक

हरियाणा का पिछड़ा जिला गाय से जुड़े सख्त कानून की सजा पा रहा है। लोगों की छवि गोस्तकर के रूप में बनाई जा रही ...

अनाज की अधिकता का दावा आंकड़ों की बाजीगरी तो नहीं?

भारत में एक तरफ जहां भूख चरम पर है, वहीं दूसरी तरफ देश में जरूरत से अधिक अनाज होने का दावा किया जा रहा ...

Cattle slaughter ban to turn today’s girls into anaemic women: study

The research paper says that women exposed to the ban in their year of birth are 10% more likely to be anemic in their prime reproductive age

India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise

If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India's tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost

Centre approves Operation Green pilot in 8 states

17 clusters have been chosen in 8 states to roll out the pilot of Operation Green, a Central scheme aimed to contain annual price distress …

Crop burning: New machines don’t solve, but add to menace

Debt-ridden farmers have to either rent or buy the machines, which pose several threats to their next crop

Maharashtra penalises traders for buying below MSP

Traders in designated state markets to attract 1-year jail term or fine up to Rs 50,000 or both if they buy farm commodity below the announced …

किसने लूटी नर्मदा

उद्धाटन के वक्त लबालब भरे सरदार सरोवर बांध का पानी आखिर कहां गया? सरकार ने पानी देने से क्यों हाथ खड़े कर दिए हैं?

Doubling farmers’ income discussed in a closed door meeting

What is the use of strategy when no special budget was allocated to double farmers’ income, says a senior NITI Aayog official anonymously

COVID-19: Milk supply under threat amid demand spike

Dairy sector hit by migrant workers headed home

Near-extinct hard ground swamp deer see revival in Kanha

Species’ number increased to 800 in 2020, claim park authorities

Govt hikes Rabi crops’ MSP minimally

Increase in MSP of wheat is the lowest in the last six years

Integrated Child Development not serving those who need it the most, finds study

Those from lower castes and the poor miss out on education, nutrition

Farmers seek relief after hail, rain damage crops in Rajasthan, UP

The storm spoiled standing crops in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

बजट 2020-21: मनरेगा के आवंटन में 15 फीसदी की कमी, कैसे सुधरेगी ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था?

वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने न केवल ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय का बजट कम कर दिया है, बल्कि संशोधित अनुमान के मुकाबले मनरेगा के बजट ...

Women farmers demand recognition from govt at 2-day meet

Governments in India define farmers as those who own land, which is usually not the case with women