Tag Archives: Farmers

Prices of some of the horticulture commodities especially onion and potato are highly volatile. At the harvest time and soon thereafter, a steep fall in the wholesale and retail prices is normally observed. With depletion of the stored stocks, the prices tend to increase. This phenomenon is more apparent in ...

The upcoming budget will focus on addressing rural stress, more so it will focus on farmers, generating employment and eradicating poverty and will thoroughly be a people-centric one, said Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will formally unveil the budget on 29th February. Sinha also ...

The union government today has finally given nod to the much awaited New Crop Insurance Scheme for the farmers to ensure that they pay less premium and get early benefits for their claims if crops get damaged. This move thus indicates the new elected government’s maiden move towards addressing the ...

Haryana Government launched a scheme on energy conservation in Agriculture sector by providing financial incentives on Energy Efficient 4 star rated pump sets to farmers. Objective: To conserve electrical energy in agricultural industry To manage demand of electrical energy in the said sector To educate farmers to adopt energy efficient ...

The central government has proposed a new move to control the harmful effect of chemical fertilizers on consumers. The draft of which has already been prepared. It is “mandatory” for all the farmers who buy urea  to also buy natural fertilizer in order to avail government subsidies. The central government ...

Free electricity to farmers is a subsidized free electricity scheme provided by the government of Andhra Pradesh, it is the dream concept of Late Chief Minister Dr. Y.S. Raja sekhara Reddy.  It provides 7 hours of power to the fields in a day. It has spent about 6000 crores in 2013. Aim The ...

“We have decided to waive off educational fees of farmers’ children upto standard 12 in the districts affected by drought,” State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse said. the government also decided to provide an accident policy insurance cover to 1.35 crore farmers in the state wherein their kin will be entitled ...

News: The government, which has earmarked Rs 1 billion for diesel subsidies, will also ensure subsidised seeds are available in case farmers need to plant their crops again. Monsoon rains irrigate nearly half of farm lands. So far, the June-September monsoon rains have been 9 per cent below a long-term ...