Tag: Farmers

Bengaluru: With an view to supporting the farmers cultivating millets in dry areas of the country, and also for their nutritional value, millets must be included as part of our daily diet, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday. “Karnataka is a dry state and over the past 17 years, we have been drought-free only for […]

New Delhi: Protesting in the national capital for over a month, Tamil Nadu farmers on Saturday drank their own urine to draw the Centre’s attention to the drought in their state and other demands. On Friday, they had collected their urine in plastic bottles and threatened to consume it if the Union government fails to respond […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha assembly witnessed uproarious scenes for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as Congress members raised the issues of suicides by farmers and the distress sale of vegetables in the state. Speaker Niranjan Pujari adjourned the house twice as it could not function properly due to opposition protests. During Zero Hour, Leader of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today set a target to cover 25 lakh farmers under crop insurance in 2017 Kharif season which is eight lakh more as compared to last Kharif season, an official release said. In addition to paddy, groundnut, cotton, turmeric and ginger, two more crops arhar and maize have been included from this year […]

The deadline for farmers in Ganjam district to register their names online for paddy procurement has been extended till April 15.

Berhampur: Different farmers organisation today staged demonstration at Chhatrapur, Ganjam district headquarter town, protesting alleged distress sale of paddy in the district and demanded procurement of all grains from farmers, including the share croppers by the government agency. Though the farmers this time harvested bumper paddy due to good climatic condition, the government agencies refused […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today said arrangements are being made to provide crop insurance to the farmers affected by last year’s drought within two weeks even as opposition Congress walked out of the House in protest. “There has been a delay in payment of insurance amount to the affected farmers. The delay was mostly due to […]

Koraput: As many as 44 farmers of Kunduli under Semiliguda block in the district alleged that they have been duped by the Large Area Multi-Purpose Co-Operative Society (LAMPS) in the region. As per reports, the farmers had deposited insurance premiums at the LAMPS but when they approached the co-operative society and asked for their insurance […]

Keonjhar: More than 500 members of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) including women, who were coming to Bhubaneswar to attend the ‘Jan Satyagraha Padayatra’ which was scheduled to kickoff from today, were reportedly taken into preventive custody near Keonjhar railway station early morning today. The co-ordinator of NNKS Subash Panda has also been detained by […]

Bhubaneswar: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent Jharsuguda visit expressed concerns over the fact that Odisha farmers are not getting the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their produce, NITI Aayog has now swung into action and sought certain crucial information from the State government. The Odisha Food and Civil Supplies Department has now […]

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attacked prime minister Narendra Modi today on his foreign trips and said farmers producing grain are also part of the 'Make in India'

Demanding loan waiver for the farmers hit by the cyclone Phailin, the BJP on Tuesday asked the Odisha government to release a white paper on the steps taken by it in this regard. Alleging that the farmers have not been given adequate compensation even after three months of the calamity, former minister and senior BJP leader Manmohan Samal said "forget providing compensation to the affected people the state government is yet to prepare a report on the loss incurred during the natural calamities."

Bhubaneswar: With farmer protests and agricultural distress becoming a major game changer in three Hindi heartland States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, all three major political parties in Odisha now seem to be chalking out plans to garner votes of farmers in the State. But with the State government already on the firing line […]

Malkangiri/Bhadrak: Farmers of Malkangiri and Bhadrak have been crying foul as paddy has remained unsold in various mandis of the districts. Reports say, in 62 mandis across Odisha, 3,46,264 bags of paddy are lying unsold. Even after 2 months since the beginning of procurement process in Malkangiri, multiple gunny bags filled with paddy are lying […]

Kendrapara: Charges of embezzlement of money against secretary of Siko Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Rajkanika of Kendrapara district has sparked outrage among the farmers in the area. The accused Ajay Behera has been charged with embezzling money worth lakhs of rupees by raising loans in the name of villagers. “I never even applied […]