Tag: Farmers

Bhubaneswar: The BJD and Congress are both gearing up to take to the streets to highlight farmers’ plight. While the ruling party will hold demonstration in 14 blocks in the state from July 10 to July 18, Congress will gherao block offices across the state on July 7, demanding an increase in MSP of paddy […]

Bhubaneswar: Farmers of the State will get the RuPay Kisan cards soon after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today kicked off the card distribution and computerisation of primary agriculture cooperative societies. During a state-level function at Jayadev Bhawan in the city, the Chief Minister distributed the RuPay Kisan cards to beneficiaries in presence of Revenue Minister […]

Bhubaneswar:  Once again BJD and BJP are at logger heads and this time the former alliance partners are vying against each other on the agriculture and farmers plight in the state. Though Odisha Government on Tuesday patted its back over the performance of agriculture department, BJP launched a scathing attack by launching protests at 53 […]

Bhubaneswar: In a statement which could spell more trouble for the ruling BJD, senior party leader and Excise minister Damodar Rout on Wednesday said, the farmers are using agriculture loans for the marriage of their daughters. He too went on to say the major pie of the loan amount is spent on consuming alcohol. Rout […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding a hike in price of milk, the farmers today staged demonstration in front of the OMFED office here at Saheed Nagar by pouring down complete food. Their demands include Rs 30 per /litre . They also demanded the cattle food should be provided to them at Rs 18/kg. Inclusion of milk in mid-day […]

Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no end to the farmers’ plight in Odisha. Despite a good harvest, the vegetable growers particularly in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar are unable to make profits even though their produce is being sold at much higher rates in the retail markets. It is the consumers who are now at the […]

Bhubaneswar: Unseasonal rain and hailstorm for the past few days has damaged standing crops which may adversely affect the production output thereby compounding miseries of farmers in several parts of Odisha. Apart from the rabi field crops, vegetables mostly peas, tomatoes, bitter gourd, cucumber, brinjal have suffered damage in areas of Balang, Astarang, Gop, Kakatpur […]

Keonjhar: Though farmers in the district expected fetching profit out of their bumper harvest of tomatoes this year, distress sale has sadly shattered the hope the farming community in the district. Getting frustrated over the distress sale in absence of storage facilities, the farmers staged protest outside the Collectorate in an innovative way by dumping […]

By Dillip Pradhan Dhenkanal: When the entire locality enjoys the dreamy nights after a day-long tiredness, the farmers of some villagers in Dhenkanal district spend sleepless nights, not in the quiet comforts of their homes but atop tree outside their villages. To protect their standing crops from the rampage of wild elephants, the ryots of […]

The Odisha government today decided to launch a ‘Biju Gaan Radio’ scheme soon to provide information on agriculture, irrigation, cooperatives, health, education, crisis management and culture to farmers of the State

Keonjhar: Hundreds of acres of paddy crops in several villages were filled with sand and mud after a breach in the right canal of Kanajhari dam in the sadar block area of the district here today leaving farmers in the area distraught. According to reports, a portion of the right canal road was breached at […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the spectre of drought looms large over most parts of Odisha, farmers in the State are all set to observe the auspicious occasion of Akshay Trutiya on Monday with the hope of a high yield. The farming community celebrates the event by sowing the first seeds of the year which is popularly […]

Bhubaneswar: Setting a crop loan target of Rs 6,000 crore for the ensuing Kharif season, the Odisha government has asked Collectors of all the districts to give priority to financing pulses, oilseed, potato and other cash crops. “Financing of remunerative commercial crops and seasonal horticulture crops for which market is really available should be given […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) announced there will be no power tariff hike for any category of consumers in the 2016-17 financial year, a power consumer forum here has criticized the State government for not keeping its promise on urging the regulatory body to withdraw tariff hike on agriculture sector. In […]

Bolangir/Puri: Farmers in the State are going through a tough time as some of them are grappling with dismal yields on account of substandard seeds while others are staring at the prospects of distress sale. The farmers of Bolangir district which is famous for its onion cultivation are now facing the prospects of distress sale […]