New Delhi : Setting aside all conventions with an eye on the coming elections, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday showered tax sops for the middle class and salaried tax payers including zero tax liability for those with income is ...
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Feed SubscriptionMadhya Pradesh farmers hopeful of being ‘debt-free’ as loan waiver scheme kicks-off
By Sundeep Pouranik, Bhopal : A week after the launch of the loan waiver scheme in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress government claims 19.54 lakh farmers have filed their applications in the six days till Sunday. While the opposition BJP has ...
Read More »Poll timing and sops for farmers carried the day for TRS in Telangana (2018 In Retrospect)
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Early Assembly elections and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) retaining power with a landslide majority earlier this month dominated the events in Telangana during 2018. Eight months before the expiry of the Assembly’s term, the ...
Read More »Stray cattle a lurking menace in Sri Krishna land
By Brij Khandelwal (12:32) Agra/Vrindavan : Not just people in cities, but even farmers in the vast rural hinterland are approaching local authorities seeking urgent solutions to the exploding bovine population that is destroying crops, causing traffic hazards and making ...
Read More »Want to double farm incomes? Promote mustard
By Vivek Puri, The Indian government wants to double the income of farmers by 2022. A roadmap prepared by NITI Aayog outlines the rationale, strategy and action plan for achieving this commendable milestone. We believe that such a plan needs ...
Read More »Punjab Minister warns against delayed payments to farmers
Chandigarh : Committing to protecting farmer’s interests, Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday warned ‘arthiyas’ (commission agents) of action if farmers were paid less or payment was delayed for the paddy procured from them. “Action ...
Read More »Farmers’ protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas
New Delhi : The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water ...
Read More »Centre to pay jute mills only after full payment to farmers, labourers: Minister
Kolkata : Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Centre is making it mandatory that jute mills would get the entire payment for government orders only after jute farmers and labourers are paid fully. “Jute industry has a ...
Read More »Hydroponics and the art of helping farmers increase their incomes
By Salim David, Hydroponics is not a new concept. In ancient times, the plants lining the walls of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were grown using hydroponics. Only over the last century, however, has it gained popularity as a method ...
Read More »‘Crop insurance scheme benefits companies more than farmers’
By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : It is yet to be seen how much the Modi government’s ambitious crop insurance scheme has benefitted farmers, but one section that has definitely hit the jackpot is the insurance industry, which collectively earned ...
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