Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 19:47
Special session of Punjab Assembly on May 3 will discuss "extremely dangerous and critical situation" in wake of Centre`s decision to impose wealth tax on farmers owning land in 8 km of urban areas.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 18:59
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party in Haryana demanded that the state government should convene a special session of the Assembly against the Centre`s proposed wealth tax on farmers.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 17:15
Maharashtra`s Vidarbha region has seen 168 farmer suicides in the first three months of this year.
Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 23:38
The state government has taken several steps in favour of farmers, including no increase in power tariff for five years, but the opposition BJP has labelled us as anti-farmers, Ashok Gehlot said.
Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 23:30
Claims by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that hail-frost affected farmers were compensated are just the opposite from what facts conveyed, Digvijay Singh alleged here on Friday.
Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 16:06
Senior Gujarat Cong leaders and party workers were detained here on Monday when they tried to march towards the state Assembly protesting against the Gujarat Irrigation and Drainage Bill 2013, which they claimed is "anti-farmer".
Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 15:44
A 42-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Fatehpur area of the district.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 22:44
To address concers of farmers who have been agitating in the capital for two days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh formed a ministerial panel which will discuss impact of retail FDI and minimum support prices among other things.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 14:13
The CAG has found number of shortcomings in the implementation of the Rs 52,000 crore farm debt waiver scheme.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 17:52
The potato farmer, Rakesh Kumar, has harvested 108.8 tonnes of potato per hectare and set a new world record in potato production, Nalanda district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal said Monday.
Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 12:59
Bihar is the third-largest potato producing state, after Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Last year, five farmers here created a world record, producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 19:32
Asserting that Congress always stood for the welfare of farmers, Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said UPA Government would not hesitate to roll out another scheme waiving farm loans if need be.
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