The Punjab government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has cleared the protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders near Haryana and farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on fast-unto-death, has also broken his fast.
The focus of the Narendra Modi-led Central government is on increasing productivity of pulses, cereals and vegetables to produce more food for improving the nutritional level of the population as well nurturing India's ambition to become the food basket of the world, according to a senior Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare official.
The potato growers in the district have suffered major losses due to yield of deformed potatoes, which are unsuitable for sale or human consumption.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday, accused the ruling BJP and the AAP of betraying the farmers and asserted that the farmers of the country will never forgive these “anti-farmer” parties.
Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged the central government for immediate financial relief to the Karnataka’s Red Chilli farmers now caught in a debt crisis arising out of a double whammy – unsold inventories of last year and current crop yields, leading to a glut in the market and resultant plummeting prices.
Rana assured the farmers that they should not worry as their crop damage will be compensated.
Alongside expanding natural farming initiatives, the government provides substantial financial support and incentives to farmers, guiding them from seed to market.
Punjab Government yet again played a pivotal role in breaking the ice between the Centre Government and farmer unions. Union…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday called up on the farmer community to expand their role into trading and marketing of farm products and in their value adding activities.
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