Farmers not seeking change in govt: Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday asserted that the agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre but a solution to their problems as he said many of......

'Modi is guilty of taking farmers for a ride again and again'

'Nothing will stop India's top three-four corporates who have become aggressive players in the agri-markets after Modi came to power from acting in concert to drive down at will the prices at which......

What the PM told the editors at the meet

Full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's opening remarks at the interaction with newspaper editors: I think that there is a growing perception that this government is in siege, that we have not......

Despite rain scare, prices, supplies hold

The monsoon fury over Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra may have disrupted normal life, but it has not so far affected the transport of essential commodities like vegetables and foodgrains to......

Area under kharif crops at all-time high of 108 mn ha

Though agriculture ministry officials are confident of a bumper harvest due to record increase in kharif acreage, experts and farmers said the on-ground situation in some crops is not that......

Traders to stop import of food items from today

With the talks between the government officials and traders on waiver of value added tax on pulses, wheat and wheat products failing to reach a conclusion, the traders have decided to stick to......

Assocham charts steps to overcome El Nino

The impact of El Nino on food prices is expected to be minimal as India has stock of 53 million tonnes cereals, which is about 250 per cent of the prescribed buffer requirement The Associated......

Maharastra traders on 2-day strike over tax issue

A two-day strike by wholesalers and retailers across Maharastra to protest against the imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT) began on Monday, bringing trading activity to a grinding halt.......