Tag: Farmers

A farmer Kartik Panda said, “We have been roaming around for fertilizers, but there is severe shortage. So, we have been going from one shop to another shop.”

Meanwhile, farmers have requested the state government to waive off farm loans. Else, they have no other option but to commit suicide. 

The heavy security measures led to massive traffic snarls across the city. Police also put up cemented barricades to avoid any untoward incident.

“In case of farming sector, benefits don’t come overnight as it takes time to get results. The Central government had implemented several schemes and initiatives in the last eight years and they have started paying dividends now,” said the Union Minister. 

A sum of Rs 804 crore was deposited in the bank accounts of over 40 lakh small and marginal farmers. 

After devastation wreaked by the Cyclonic storm Jawad, mandi mismanagement in many districts of Odisha has provided ample opportunity for dalals to rob the farmers of their money hard-earned from harvested crops.

As if the devastation caused to the paddy and vegetable crops by cyclone ‘Jawad’ induced heavy rain was not enough, the recent two-day-long downpour triggered by a trap-line has dealt a severe blow to the farmers in the State. 

Under high stress, farmers are wrapping up their work of harvest and dispatch the grains to safer places before the spells of rain begin. 

As per reports, in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, tons of paddy were transported to Andhra Pradesh for sell while middlemen made hay.

Keonjhar: Protesting distress sale, enraged farmers dumped tomatoes in front of the Telkoi Block Office in Keonjhar today. The farmers resorted to the protest alleging that even at Rs 1 per kilogram, their tomatoes have remained unsold. According to sources, there was a bumper harvest of tomatoes this year. However, the demand has not kept […]

Balasore: Farmers, who had given up their land to the State government for development of industries in Balasore, are yet to receive compensation for the same. In 2011, IDCO (Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation) had acquired 1,100 acre of private land from Mukhura, Nuapadhi and Narasinghpur panchayats of Remuna block in Balasore district. More than […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers will get cash benefits under the KALIA scheme on January 25 and nearly 12 to 14 lakh farmers will be benefitted from the scheme in the first phase, informed Cooperation Department Secretary, Krishan Kumar today. The first phase of ‘green form’ application process has ended and nearly 60 lakh farmers have submitted applications. […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha are opting to sell their paddy in neighbouring states as delay in opening of mandis and alleged harassment by rice millers have made the paddy procurement process cumbersome. According to sources, as mandis did not open, farmers in Bahalda of Mayurbhanj and Jaleswar, Bhogarai and Basta of Balasore districts are selling […]

Nuapada: With a demand to declare complete drought in Komna and Khadiyal blocks in Nuapada, BJP workers along with farmers took out a rally and gheraoed block office on Monday. According to sources, the protest joined by hundreds of farmers and party workers was led by BJP State president Basant Panda. After a general body […]

Bolangir: Two farmers set their Chakada-infested standing crops in 8 acre land on fire in Sahajbahal and Jhareibahal villages in Sadar block of Bolangir today. While Anil Hota from Sahajbahal set his crops on 5 acre-land on fire, Ashok Pradhan torched standing crops on 3 acre of land in Jhareibahal. According to sources, the farmers […]