Punjab sees 50% dip in post-harvest farm fires, yet no effect on Delhi’s air quality

Punjab sees 50% dip in post-harvest farm fires, yet no effect on Delhi’s air quality

A man sets fire to the stubble at a farm, in Patiala on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Farm fires in Punjab, often blamed for the rise in Delhi’s air pollution, have gone down by 50% since last year in the post-harvest period, with little effect on the air quality in the national capital. From … Read more

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more

In 2018 rerun, Bhupesh Baghel promises farm loan waiver if Congress wins Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

In 2018 rerun, Bhupesh Baghel promises farm loan waiver if Congress wins Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel during a public meeting ahead of the State Assembly elections, in Jagdalpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI In a major announcement ahead of the next month’s assembly polls, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on October 23 said if his party Congress retains power in the state, loans of farmers … Read more

KCR lying about meters to farm pumpsets: Union Minister

KCR lying about meters to farm pumpsets: Union Minister

Union Minister for Power R.K. Singh has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of deliberately “spreading lies” about the Centre putting up meters for agriculture pump sets and privatising public sector power units. “The Chief Minister is going around and telling lies when the Centre said that meters should be fixed, but not for agriculture … Read more

Three documentaries that seek to give a retrospective understanding farm protests

Three documentaries that seek to give a retrospective understanding farm protests

15th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala screened three documentaries on farmers’ protests of 2020-21. Bigger struggles, and events, in their immediacy, often drown us in a flurry of developments and their various strands and narratives. To make sense of them, one needs to look back at them in retrospect, after a few years, … Read more

Dhinakaran demands increase in farm fresh outlets in T.N. to curb surging vegetable prices

Dhinakaran demands increase in farm fresh outlets in T.N. to curb surging vegetable prices

The AMMK’s general secretary, T.T.V. Dhinakaran, on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, urged the DMK government to increase the number of farm fresh outlets and bring them on par with fair price shops, in order to for bring under control, the surging prices of vegetables and other essential commodities. In a statement, he faulted the DMK … Read more

Initiative in Rajasthan to let farmers assess damage to crops on their own

Initiative in Rajasthan to let farmers assess damage to crops on their own

A lady farm worker weeding at a mustard field near Jaipur, Rajasthan | File Photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress government in Rajasthan will shortly launch an initiative to enable farmers to assess the damage caused to their crops by natural calamities on their own, and report it to the revenue authorities for … Read more

New farm technologies and crop varieties to be showcased during Krishi Mela in Mandya

New farm technologies and crop varieties to be showcased during Krishi Mela in Mandya

Authorities at the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Mandya released information on the new variety of crops to be exhibited during the Krishi Mela, on November 30, 2022. New paddy varieties and technologies developed for agriculture will be showcased during Krishi Mela to be held at the VC Farm in Mandya on December 2 and 3. … Read more