Govt holds first-ever stakeholder consultation on Kharif 2024 pulses production outlook
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW) convened a stakeholder consultation on Friday in New Delhi.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW) convened a stakeholder consultation on Friday in New Delhi.
Once hailed as the saviour of billions of hungry Indians, the semi-dwarf High Yielding Rice varieties ( HYV) are now here, and they are being denounced as a harbinger of destruction.
Based on the structure of digital public infrastructure, the cabinet has approved the Digital Agriculture Mission which will use technology for improving farmers’ lives.
During the session, both the ruling party and the Opposition raised slogans against each other.
Farmers from Punjab have been agitating at the Shambhu border between the two states at Ambala since February 13, 2024, seeking statutory backing for the Minimum Support Price for their agricultural produce, mainly wheat and rice.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday condoled the incident of flag hoisting at the Red fort and accused the Delhi Police of "negligence" as they did not support the farmers' protest.
The farmers also damaged several vehicles with their tractors.
The visuals of the men riding horses were seen at the Karnal Bypass while the protesters were also seen breaking barricades at Singhu and Mukarba Chowk.
The agitating farmers, comprising mostly youths, earlier broke through the barricades set up by police near Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and Singhu and Tikri points on Delhi-Haryana border.
Additional Director General (ADG) police Rajeev Sabharwal has appealed to people not to go towards Delhi unless really important in view of the heavy influx of traffic of tractors on the highways.