The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Punjab government time until January 2, 2025, to comply with its December 20 order to provide medical aid and shift farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a ‘fast-unto-death’ since November 26, to a hospital.
The Yogi Adityanath government has launched extensive campaigns across Uttar Pradesh to ensure farmers benefit from government schemes.
To be fair to them, post independent governments, both central and state, have undertaken innumerable studies, arranged agencies, and set up Commissions to develop farming and support farmers’ incomes.
In India too, the farmers organised their march to Delhi with MSP as their primary demand, early this month.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah said on Thursday that the Bhartiya Beej Sahkari Samiti Limited (BBSSL) should focus more on the seed production that requires less water and pesticides.
The untimely rain inundated farms in Arambagh subdivision, Tarkeswar, Haripal and Singur, incurring great losses to the local farmers.
The scheme aims to provide drones to 15,000 selected Women SHGs during the period from 2023-24 to 2025-2026 for providing rental services to farmers for agriculture purpose.
The NFL is participating in the drone campaign in the tribal districts in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
Meanwhile, Haryana Cooperation and Public Health & Engineering Minister Banwari Lal today said the state government will establish ethanol plants at an investment of Rs 2000 crore in all cooperative sugar mills.
In Punjab, up to 1,551 farm fire incidents were reported on Friday, bringing the season's total to 12,813
