The National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) will train 18.75 lakh farmers in practising natural farming who, in turn, will reach out to one crore farmers. At a two-day national workshop on natural farming conducted by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare at Gujarat Natural Farming Science University, Halol, Gujarat on Thursday.
The Uttar Pradesh Government partnering with Google Cloud will launch a Gemini-powered Beckn-enabled Uttar Pradesh Open Network for Agriculture.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has welcomed the farmer-friendly decisions made in the first Union Cabinet meeting of 2025, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a New Year gift to farmers, the Modi Government on Wednesday approved continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26 and extension of subsidy on Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer.
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.
Miss Banerjee has already increased allotment for this scheme in the budget.
Haryana and Punjab switched from indirect payment of MSP to direct online transfer of benefits to farmers’ bank account by all the procuring agencies as per the direction of the Government of India.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA and Kisan Wing president Kultar Singh Sandhwan said that the AAP leaders in all districts across the state have submitted memorandums to their respective deputy commissioners (DCs), demanding immediate action to address the plight of the farmers.
Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Saturday alleged that the true motive of the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act 2003 was to take away free power from Punjab farmers and handover electricity distribution to corporate houses. Punjab is one region where our farmers get free electricity, Jakhar said while speaking to reporters.
Any delay in payment would not be tolerated. Responsibilities should be fixed to ensure that farmers are timely paid, said Khattar.
