कांग्रेस सरकार से तीन गुना MSP फ‍िर भी क‍िसानों के न‍िशाने पर क्यों है मोदी सरकार?

कांग्रेस सरकार से तीन गुना MSP फ‍िर भी क‍िसानों के न‍िशाने पर क्यों है मोदी सरकार?

फसलों का न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (MSP) वर्षों से क‍िसानों का सबसे बड़ा मुद्दा बना हुआ है. अब यह स‍ियासत का बड़ा औजार बन चुका है. जहां आंदोलन कर रहे अध‍िकांश क‍िसान संगठन यह आरोप लगा रहे हैं क‍ि मोदी सरकार एमएसपी खत्म करना चाहती है, वहीं मुख्य व‍िपक्षी पार्टी कांग्रेस भी एमएसपी को लेकर संसद … Read more

Parliamentary proceedings: Modi govt will purchase all farm produce at MSP, says Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha

Parliamentary proceedings: Modi govt will purchase all farm produce at MSP, says Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more

Volt Typhoon Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability in Versa Director Servers Used by MSPs, ISPs

Volt Typhoon Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerability in Versa Director Servers Used by MSPs, ISPs

Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, has been caught exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director servers, used by managed service providers and internet service providers. CVE-2024-39717 was added to CISA’s “Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog” on Aug. 23 after Lumen Technologies discovered its active exploitation. Data from Censys shows that there are 163 devices … Read more

Congress’ 2024 election manifesto includes legal guarantee for MSP, caste census, filling government vacancies

Congress’ 2024 election manifesto includes legal guarantee for MSP, caste census, filling government vacancies

Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages.  | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more

Sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) hike: How does it affect MSP & farmers?

Sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) hike: How does it affect MSP & farmers?

The story so far: As farmers protest on Delhi borders, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved ₹340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2024-25 at 10.25% sugar recovery rate. Affirming its ‘guarantee’ to double farmers’ income, the Centre pointed out that the new FRP was 8% … Read more

MSP guarantee would leave very little money for other development and social goals: Govt officials

MSP guarantee would leave very little money for other development and social goals: Govt officials

Offering a legal guarantee for the procurement of all crops at minimum support prices would leave very little money in the government’s coffer for other development and social goals, unnamed government officials told the Times of India. They said it would be a fiscal disaster for the country. Farmers Protest: Check Live Updates The officials … Read more

Farmers protest 2024 live updates | Farmers have been invited for yet another round of dialogue after two rounds collapsed

Farmers protest 2024 live updates | Farmers have been invited for yet another round of dialogue after two rounds collapsed

Traffic slowed down to a crawl at several places in the national capital on Tuesday due to the restrictions imposed by the police in view of a ‘Delhi Chalo’ call issued by farmer associations from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab.  Movement of traffic was hit especially hard at the city’s borders with Uttar Pradesh and … Read more

SKM welcomes Bharat Ratna for Charan Singh, Swaminathan, slams govt for not keeping MSP promise

SKM welcomes Bharat Ratna for Charan Singh, Swaminathan, slams govt for not keeping MSP promise

In this combo of file photos of (L-R) former Prime Ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, and agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, who will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna – country’s highest civilian award. | Photo Credit: PTI Samyukt Kisan Morcha on February 10 welcomed the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Chaudhary Charan Singh … Read more

Russian wheat may shore up domestic stock

Russian wheat may shore up domestic stock

New Delhi: The Centre is considering import of 9 million tonnes of wheat from Russia via a government-to-government deal to augment domestic stocks amid rising prices, said people aware of the matter. The All-India Consumer Wholesale Price of wheat was up 6.2% to ₹2,633 per quintal on Wednesday, from ₹2,480 a year ago. Prices have … Read more