According to Jatin Singh, chief executive officer of Skymet, There is a more than 50 percent chance that India will get normal rainfall. He further said that there is only a small probability of excessive rainfall. In India average rainfall is defined to be between 96 percent and 104 percent[Read More…]
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Centre wants to roll out farmers’ income scheme before code of conduct sets in
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, The government is planning to make the first payment under the Direct Income Support (DIS) for farmers, announced in the Interim Budget, before the model code of conduct sets in once the Lok Sabha election schedule is put in place. The government wants that the[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh farmer gets Rs 13 under loan waiver scheme
Bhopal, Jan 24 (IANS) In what can be called a cruel joke on suffering farmers in Madhya Pradesh, some of them are getting pennies in the name of loan waiver after the Congress government promised to waive debts up to Rs 2 lakh of each applicant. A farmer in the[Read More…]
Odisha: Farmer found dead in farmland, family alleges suicide owing crop failure
Ganjam: A farmer named N Prakash Reddy was found dead in his farmland. Family of the deceased alleged that the farmer committed suicide owing to failing of the crop. Reddy belonged to Pattapur village. In December 2018, the Odisha cabinet had approved the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation[Read More…]
Onion farmer shocked over ‘misuse’ of low price issue
Nashik (Maharashtra): Onion farmer Sanjay Sathe, who made national news by sending his meagre income to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday expressed shock over the misuse of the issue he raised. “A Hindi daily ran a wrong story saying that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked him to[Read More…]
Delhi: Protesting farmer commits suicide
A Maharashtra farmer jumped from the third floor of Ambedkar Bhavan committing suicide on Saturday. The deceased had earlier participated in the farmers’ protest that took place in Delhi. Thousands of farmers, including members of Kisan Mukti Morcha, from across the country had gathered to press for their demands such[Read More…]
A maximum of 1000 farmers can protest at Jantar Mantar: Delhi Police
New Delhi: Kisan Mukti March which is scheduled to hold a protest march on November 30, in Delhi from Ramleela Maidan to Parliament Street is facing the prohibition order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) which allowed a maximum of 1000 people to organise protest march at Jantar Mantar area. As[Read More…]
Maharashtra: 38-year-old farmer under Rs 27 lakh debt allegedly commits suicide
A 38-year-old farmer identified as Vithal Lahanu Jadhav with Rs 27 lakh debt, died in a private hospital after allegedly consuming poison on November 11. According to the Nashik Police officials, Vithal had taken loans of Rs 27 lakh from various credit societies for his grape orchard and was unable to repay[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi asks ‘pro-rich Modi’ to waive farmer loans
Koppal: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to waive loans of farmers than working only for the rich, businessmen and industrialists. “Though the Modi government works for the rich, businessmen and industrialists, I urge the Prime Minister to waive loans of farmers who are the[Read More…]
Punjab CM to launch farm debt waiver scheme on Sunday
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will on Sunday formally launch the farm debt waiver scheme, which will benefit 5.63 lakh farmers in the initial phase. Additional Chief Secretaries D.P. Reddy and Viswajeet Khanna told reporters here that the government had identified 5.63 lakh farmers, who had taken loan of nearly[Read More…]
Mantralaya in Mumbai plans to tighten its security measures
Mantralaya in Mumbai considered as headquarters of the government is supposedly planning to get more securities. Entering Mantralaya will now get more difficult for the common man as the home department plans to tighten the internal security by controlling access points for visitors and vehicle monitoring system. Read More: Union government to impose[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh farmer uses daughters to pull plough
Shortage of money hit a farmer’s family in Madhya Pradesh so hard that they were reduced to make use of the two daughters of the family instead of oxen to pull the plough across the farmland. This incident is reported from Sehore’s Basantpur Pangri village, where the farmer, Sardar Kahla[Read More…]
Farmer charges money for taking selfie with his sunflowers
The obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self and post them on social media– selfie, turned out to be a trend, too serious. And monetising this wave of the trend was long prophesied! An astute farmer from Chamarajanagar district decided to turn his scenic sunflower field along NH[Read More…]
Another debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Uttarakhand
In Uttarakhand, a debt-ridden farmer from Nagar district committed suicide, claimed his relatives on Sunday. This comes at a time when governments across states are providing loan waiver to farmers as a repercussion to the intense stir in many Indian states especially Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Ramavtar (42) of Haldi[Read More…]
Kerala: Farmer commits suicide outside village office after being harassed by staffs
On Wednesday night, a farmer allegedly committed suicide outside a village office in Kerala’s Kozhikode district. 57-year-old Kavilpurayidathil Joy hailing from Chakkittapara village was found hanging around 9.30 pm after he was allegedly harassed by staff in the village office which led to the suicide. He left behind a wife[Read More…]
Another farmer hangs himself in Madhya Pradesh, suicide toll reaches 13
A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh. Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village hanged himself from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district. The recent death took the death toll of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Loan waiver to exclude those getting income from other sources
The loan waiver scheme implemented by the Maharashtra government will be exclusively for agriculturists whose only source of income is from farming. According to a Government Resolution (GR), dated June 14, those getting income from other jobs, even if they own farms, will be out of the ambit of the[Read More…]
Another farmer commits suicide in MP, seventh in week
In another unfortunate incident, a farmer killed himself in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district on Thursday morning. This is the seventh such suicide case in seven days in a region that is rocked by aggressive farmer protests over plummeting crop prices. The farmer Narmada Prasad was an inhabitant of Hoshangabad’s Babai[Read More…]
JDU slams BJP over famer’s condition in Mandsaur
The Janata Dal United (JDU) on Thursday organised a press conference on the ongoing farmer tension in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. Farmer issues were discussed at length in the conference. The party leaders said that they condemn the ill-treatment meted out to the farmers in Mandsaur. They said that they fully[Read More…]
Maharashtra farmers’ protest: Vegetable prices on an upward path
As farmers’ strike continues to intensify in Maharashtra, it has begun to hit the everyday lives. Due to the strike, which started on June 1, vegetable prices are on a rise in Ahmedabad. As per reports, some vegetables are costing double their price compared to last week. The traders in[Read More…]
All farmer loans can’t be waived off: Maharashtra CM
After Maharashtra farmers took to the streets, seeking relief from the debts, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis hit out at the Opposition, saying it was fanning the issue for political advantages. The CM did acknowledge the farmers’ loan waiver demand, but said the state can only manage to waive of some[Read More…]
