Tag: Farmers

New Delhi: Farmers in the country are expected to contribute Rs 100 per month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana that seeks to provide minimum monthly pension of Rs 3,000 on attainment of 60 years of age, the Union Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday. In the first Cabinet meeting, the Modi 2.0 government had […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the Centre in Rajya Sabha, BJD MP Prasanna Acharya today said that despite extending Rs 13 lakh crore as crop loan, farmers are still forced to borrow money from private lenders and get trapped in loan burden, which is one of the foremost reasons behind farmer suicides. Acharya added that […]

In 1992, that’s about 30 years ago, as Agriculture Secretary of Odisha Government, I had visited Nasik, Dhule and Jalgaon region of Maharashtra and looked at the agricultural development. This…

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to strike out the ineligible farmers availing the benefits of the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, the State government has issued a new set of rules for identification of new beneficiaries. Also, the government has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to exclude ineligible farmers. But the […]

Bhubaneswar: If it can be termed so, it could be a very costly oversight, as 3 lakh ineligible beneficiaries have been identified in the KALIA scheme and Odisha government has already disbursed a whopping Rs 150 crore to them under the scheme. In Bhadrak’s Basudevpur block, out of 28,714 farmers who received cash assistance under […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha government has introduced strict rules of linking Aadhaar with bank accounts for farmers willing to get loans for crops and sell their produce to government, huge discrepancy between registered farmers and those who have availed farm loans after Aadhaar linkage have now come to the fore. As per figures released by the […]

Kendrapara: It was nothing less than a shock for the district collector and other government officials at Rajnagar Block office when more than hundred bulls entered the premises during a public hearing today. Later, it was revealed that some farmers released the bovines after their repeated complaints of damages caused by the bulls in the […]

Malkangiri/Nuapada: Odisha government introduced the centralised token system to ease the process of paddy procurement in the state. However, farmers in several parts of the State including Malkangiri and Nuapada are left in lurch as they are confused regarding the token system. As a result, the farmers in Malkangiri are forced to sell their produce […]

Jharsuguda: Expressing resentment over Chhattisgarh Police seizing a paddy-laden truck belonging to a farmer in Odisha, farmers in Jharsuguda today took to streets protesting the move. The agitating farmers today blocked Kanaktora-Ektal road. As per the allegations, on December 7, Jute Mill Police in Chhattisgarh seized a vehicle carrying 38 gunny bags of paddy belonging […]

Malkangiri: The first millet procurement centre (mandi) was launched in the cut-off Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district which was inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Arun Sahoo. As per reports, the procurement centre has been established with an aim to ensure farmers get right price for their produce. Established under the Odisha Millets Mission, the procurement centre […]

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a new record was created earlier this month when Rs 12000 crore were transferred directly into the bank accounts of six crore farmers. Addressing the third Global Potato Conclave here in Gujarat via video conferencing, the prime minister also said that India became one of the top […]

Bhubaneswar: In his inaugural address at the beginning of the budget session of Odisha Legislative Assembly on Friday,  Governor Ganeshi Lal harped highly on 5T and Mo Sarkar-powered consultative governance to bring in real transformation and take Odisha to new heights. “Consultative governance is core of our growth trajectory. My Government’s current focus is transformation. […]

Following the rise in coronavirus cases in Odisha, the State Health Department today informed that COVID-19 testing has begun at the Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela and the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar.

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government has directed the district authorities to be proactive in assisting farmers for the ongoing Rabi season and start making preparations for Kharif crops after relaxations were announced for the agriculture sector amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The state government has already appointed 30 senior officers to monitor agriculture and related activities in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Extension Education under Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology on Tuesday issued an advisory to farmers asking them to take precautionary measures in view of the attack of destert locusts that have already wreaked havoc on crops and vegetation in several north, western and north-western states of the country. In a […]