Farmers

Bhubaneswar: Bill Gates, the founder & Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates’ Foundation today visited Krushi Bhawan- the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Government of Odisha. The…

Chandigarh: Farmers on Wednesday announced to suspend the 'Delhi Chalo' march for two days, and will decide their next course of action on Friday evening. The decision was announced by farmers' leader Sarwan Singh Pandher while…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government announced that it will provide free crop insurance to all farmers in the state for the next three years. Odisha is the first state in the country to provide free crop insurance to farmers. Minister of…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik releases financial assistance to 43 lakh farmers under KALIA scheme on the occasion of Utkal Dibasa. The Government of Odisha will provide Rs 2,000 assistance money to over 43 lakh small and…

Bhubaneswar: The government of Odisha is reportedly planning to introduce a new policy for farmers related to crop damage compensation. The crop loss compensation policy will like have the same framework as the Biju Swasthya Kalyan…

Bargarh: Farmers in Bargarh districts were seen destroying their cabbage plantation on acres of land over distress sale in Odisha. Alleging that people are not ready to pay even Rs 1.50 paisa per cabbage, some farmers of Ganchiatikra…

New-Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 10th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), transferring an amount of over ₹20,000 crore to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families on…

A young farmer in Madhya Pradesh set around 160 kgs of garlic on fire out of frustration over not getting a fair price for his produce. The incident took place at an open auction in Mandsaur, about 350 km from the State capital, Bhopal.…

New-Delhi: Farmer unions will observe a "black day" protest on Wednesday on completion of six months of their stir against the Centre's agri laws. Meanwhile, Delhi Police has warned people not to hold gatherings due to the COVID-19 situaton…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 8th instalment of financial benefits worth Rs 19,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Friday to benefit more than 9.5 crore farmers. The Prime…