In the coming four months from August, agitating farmers will hold 400 meetings across the country to highlight farmers’ issues and protest against government claims, reports Sanjeeb......
A back of the envelope calculation being floated by some experts shows that at the current levels of production and marketable surplus, if the Centre legally guarantees to purchase a portion of the......
The minimum support price for the rabi season will not radically alter the falling trajectory of farm incomes Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A day after feisty farmer protests in the......
The NITI Aayog, in a concept note floated a few months back, had suggested three models of procurement but the Centre, at least for the time being, has decided to rely on existing PSS schemes along......
Under the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana, the state pays a portion of the loss incurred by farmers for selling below the MSP, capped up to a limit. The Centre will carefully evaluate all the pros and......