Tag : farmers
Govt to conduct survey to assess plight of farmers this year
New Delhi | To assess the plight of farmers, the government will conduct a pan-India survey to ascertain their income and indebtedness among other issues...
Kejriwal hits out at PM Modi on crop insurance scheme, casteism
Jind | AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government’s crop insurance scheme alleging it has failed...
Will make all efforts to secure farmers’ future: Rahul on ‘Kisan Diwas’
New Delhi | On the occasion of ‘Kisan Diwas’, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday promised the farmers that he will make all efforts to secure...
No deadline for submitting details for loan-waiver, don’t panic: Kumaraswamy tells farmers
New Delhi | Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday asked farmers to submit requisite details to avail of Rs 45,000 crore farm-loan waiver announced by...
Agitating farmers end protest after allowed to enter Delhi early morning
New Delhi | The agitating farmers from Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning ended their protest at the Delhi border after being allowed to enter Delhi. The...
BJP has forgotten two `gods’, voter and farmer: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Burhanpur | Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said Wednesday that the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh has forgotten two “gods”, the voter and the farmer. He...
Phone snatched, manhandled, pushed, in Tamil Nadu, says Yogendra Yadav
The psephologist-turned-politician, Yogendra Yadav, was detained in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu while he was enroute to meet farmers so as to protest against a...
‘Amma’ government will stand by farmers forever: Tamil Nadu CM
Salem, Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami Saturday assured his government’s support to farmers of the state, saying he himself was one. “I...
Maharashtra Assembly: Opposition walks out over government’s stand on milk stir
Amid an agitation by farmers outfits demanding higher procurement prices for milk, the Opposition today created a ruckus on the issue and, siding with the...