Shinde's maiden Budget offers Rs 6K aid, free crop cover to farmers

The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government on Thursday presented its maiden Budget for 2023-24, in which it proposed Rs 6,000 assistance to farmers and Re 1 crop insurance scheme while also......

Karnataka farmers need a government sensitive to their demands: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday came down hard on the Siddaramaiah government in poll-bound Karnataka for being 'indifferent' to farm distress and not implementing the crop insurance......

PM Modi addresses first Mann Ki Baat in 2016

Highlighting benefits of the just announced crop insurance scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said awareness about it should be spread across the country so that at least 50 per cent of......

Govt doing everything possible to double farmers' income: PM

On the completion of two years of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government ushered a historic increase in the minimum support price (MSP)......

Govt makes crop insurance scheme voluntary for farmers

The government has made its flagship crop insurance schemes voluntary for farmers with existing crop loans or those willing to take new ones, as it seeks to address the concerns raised by farmers'......

Govt plans financial penalties to push crop insurance

Almost 30% or a third of the agriculture ministry’s budget, is spent on premium for the PMFBY every year More than two years after its formal launch, the Centre is planning to impose......

'Budget Focus Will Be On Growth, Jobs'

'There is no immediate threat to the government, and they would prefer the growth agenda.' IMAGE: Farmers sow rice saplings in a paddy field. Photograph: ANI Photo   Allocations for social......

Modi promises 30 mn 'Lakhpati Didis', higher MSP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday pledged to make 30 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’, up from the 10 million rural women who have already achieved the feat. Photograph: Shrikant......