Farmers in Kancheepuram district say they have no water due to clogged channel of irrigation tank

Farmers in Kancheepuram district say they have no water due to   clogged channel of irrigation tank

A farmer standing by the channel of the Uthukkadu irrigation tank, which is clogged with buses and brambles, making it too narrow for proper water flow | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement   A section of farmers of Uthukkadu village in Walajahbad taluk in neighbouring Kancheepuram district have not been able to take up agricultural operations … Read more

DMK government failed to do any good for farmers: Edappadi Palaniswami

DMK government failed to do any good for farmers: Edappadi Palaniswami

Edappadi K Palaniswami. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday, January 28, 2024 accused the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government of seeing the farmers as an enemy and failed to do anything for their welfare. The government had also failed to take any steps … Read more

Shivamogga DCC Bank chairman appeals to farmers make use of interest-waiver scheme

Shivamogga DCC Bank chairman appeals to farmers make use of interest-waiver scheme

Shivamogga District Cooperative Central Bank president R.M. Manjunath Gowda has appealed to the farmers to make use of the State government’s scheme to waive interest on medium- and long-term agriculture loans if the principal amount was paid before February 29. In a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Manjunath Gowda said the government took … Read more

Harvesting Votes: farmers shaping Shivraj Chouhan’s victory in Madhya Pradesh

Harvesting Votes: farmers shaping Shivraj Chouhan’s victory in Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Bhopal on. | Photo Credit: ANI In Madhya Pradesh, where approximately 70% of the population is involved in farming and allied occupations, both the BJP and the Congress strategically focused their campaigns on agrarian concerns and economic incentives. … Read more

Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam (file) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala High Court has observed that the credit rating of farmers who effectively sell their paddy to the government under the Paddy Procurement Scheme (PRS) can never be affected as the court has already held that they cannot not be construed to be … Read more

Cooperative export body NCEL gets ₹7,000 crore orders so far, to share profit with member farmers: Amit Shah

Cooperative export body NCEL gets ₹7,000 crore orders so far, to share profit with member farmers: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah addresses during the National Symposium on Cooperative Exports organised by National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), in New Delhi on October 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Cooperation Minister Amit Mr. Shah on October 23 said the newly established National Cooperative for Exports Ltd. (NCEL) has bagged … Read more

Supply power to farmers continuously for five hours in three shifts every day: Siddaramaiah to Escoms

Supply power to farmers continuously for five hours in three shifts every day: Siddaramaiah to Escoms

Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: Amid protests by farmers over inadequate supply of power and attack by the Opposition, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday held a review of the Energy Department and gave instructions to the MDs of electricity supply companies (Escoms) that electricity should be supplied to farmers continuously for five hours in three shifts … Read more

KCR made Telangana number one in farmers suicides and corruption: Amit Shah

KCR made Telangana number one in farmers suicides and corruption: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah at an election meeting held in Adilabad, Telangana, on October 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday, has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of making Telangana “number one in farmers suicides and corruption across the country during his 10 year rule.” “KCR … Read more

Government’s liberal import policy cause of worry for farmers: Congress

Government’s liberal import policy cause of worry for farmers: Congress

File picture of Congress General Secretary in-charge (Communications) Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Tuesday said the liberal import policy of the Modi government is causing a “huge crisis” for the farmers in the country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said soyabean is being sold by farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan … Read more