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Number of farmers under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana scheme rises by 27 pc in 2023-24

The PMFBY is fulfilling the objectives of providing financial support to stabilise income of farmers especially at times when natural calamities damage crops.

  • Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Farmers Protest
Our Farmers Must Have Fair Income

By and large, MSP arrangement leading to Government purchase has been implemented in varying degrees among states and it has been mostly limited to rice and wheat.

  • Saturday, 24 February 2024
‘Delhi Chalo’ Protest By Farmers Suspended For 2 Days, Central Govt Says ‘Ready For Talks’
‘Delhi Chalo’ Protest By Farmers Suspended For 2 Days, Central Govt Says ‘Ready For Talks’

Farmers on Wednesday announced to suspend the 'Delhi Chalo' march for two days, informing that they will decide their next course of action on Friday evening. The decision was announced by farmers' leader Sarwan Singh Pandher while addressing the media.

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  • Thursday, 22 February 2024
Farmers Protest
'Delhi Chalo' protest by farmers suspended till Friday

Farmers have been protesting at the Punjab-Haryana borders for the past few days to press the Centre into accepting their demands on minimum support price (MSP) for crops and other issues.

  • Wednesday, 21 February 2024
R-Day Parade in New Delhi
75th Republic Day: 1500 farmers witness parade at Kartavya Path on special invitation

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare had extended the invitations to these 1500 farmers, who are beneficiaries of Central government schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana to witness the parade.

  • Friday, 26 January 2024
Odisha Governor bats for smaller irrigation projects for farmers
Odisha Governor bats for smaller irrigation projects for farmers

Terming farmers as the greatest scientists in the world, the Governor said that smaller projects like check dams and dykes in hilly areas will be beneficial for farmers in villages. He said that the agriculture department working at the block and panchayat levels should draw up plans for smaller irrigation projects so that small farmers can grow more crops.   

  • Sunday, 14 January 2024
Farmer dies by suicide over crop failure in Odisha's Bolangir
Farmer dies by suicide over crop failure in Odisha's Bolangir

A farmer allegedly ended his life by suicide by consuming poison due to crop failure at Baneikel village in Titilagarh of Bolangir district on Saturday.

  • Sunday, 17 December 2023
Odisha mushroom growers demand agri tag for their products
Odisha mushroom growers demand agri tag for their products

The Odisha Mushroom Growers' Federation has urged the state government to accord agriculture status to mushroom products.

  • Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Odisha farmers protest delay in disbursal of crop insurance claims, subsidies
Odisha farmers protest delay in disbursal of crop insurance claims, subsidies

Crops in vast tracts of farmlands in Bheden and Attabira blocks were affected by hailstorms and pest attacks in the last Rabi season. 

  • Monday, 13 November 2023
4,000 farmers committed suicide during Siddaramaiah’s last tenure as CM
4,000 farmers committed suicide during Siddaramaiah’s last tenure as CM: K’taka BJP President

"In the past five months since he became Chief Minister again, more than 50 farmers have killed themselves,” Kateel told reporters in Vijayapura.

  • Saturday, 04 November 2023
Farmers making last-ditch attempts to save paddy plants in dry lands in Odisha’s Balasore 
Farmers making last-ditch attempts to save paddy plants in dry lands in Odisha’s Balasore 

Most farmers are desperate to save their crops. They are seen remaining awake throughout the night at farmlands and pumping out water from nearby creeks, ponds, or rivers

  • Sunday, 29 October 2023
Odisha farmers lose sleep over pest attack on paddy
Odisha farmers lose sleep over pest attack on paddy

Farmers alleged that due to pest attacks, the paddy plants are failing to give out shoots. They are worried that they won’t be able to repay their loans and borrowings that they have taken for the cultivation this year.  

  • Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Determined Farmers Carve Out Mountain To Bring Water For Irrigation In Rayagada
Determined Farmers Carve Out Mountain To Bring Water For Irrigation In Rayagada

Farmers in Nuagaon village under Kashipur block in Rayagada district have done the impossible when the administration failed to resolve their problem. They have carved a canal through a hill to bring water to irrigate their farmlands and become an example for others to emulate.

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  • Thursday, 20 July 2023
Gujarat govt announces Rs 240 cr relief package for Cyclone Biparjoy-affected farmers
Gujarat govt announces Rs 240 cr relief package for Cyclone Biparjoy-affected farmers

The relief package encompasses financial aid to address the damage incurred by standing crops, plants, and trees, which affected approximately 1.30 lakh hectares of land in Kutch and Banaskantha.

  • Saturday, 15 July 2023
Paddy field
Odisha to provide free crop insurance to farmers for 3 years

Cooperation Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak made the announcement after a review of his department by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

  • Tuesday, 23 May 2023
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