The survey points out that only 69.6% of the outstanding loans were taken from institutional sources like banks, cooperative societies and government agencies, while 20.5% of loans were from professional money lenders
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting for more than nine months over their demand for repeal of three new farm laws and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP)
The number - amounting to 13% of China's total area - is higher than the state target, which aimed to keep 1.24 million sq km of arable land off limits to urban encroachment by the end of 2020, the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a briefing
Under the PM-KISAN scheme, an annual financial benefit of Rs 6,000 is provided to eligible beneficiary farmer families, payable in three equal four-monthly installments of Rs 2000 each
A notification in this regard was tabled in both houses of Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The reduced customs duty and cess will come into effect from Tuesday
SJM submitted its suggestions before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, which is looking at PMB Bill 2020 at the moment. The Bill, once enacted, will replace the Insecticide Act 1968
Somnathan, who is Expenditure Secretary, further said that farm, food and fertilizer reforms are administratively easy but politically difficult in view of the ramifications.
For the period between January to March this year, exports fell by 13.23 per cent as against the corresponding period a year ago, and by 29.03 per cent compared to 2019, as per Tea Board India data
Samyukta Kisan Morcha accused Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar of showcasing "minor and insignificant changes" to allow APMCs also to access a financing facility under AIF
Appealing to the farmers to stop their protest, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated that APMCs will be eligible to avail financial assistance from the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)
