MSP panel sets up 4 sub-groups to discuss key issues, SKM opts out of meet

The committee on minimum support price formed four sub-groups on mandated topics, including making 'MSP more effective and transparent' in its first meeting on Monday but Samyukta Kisan Morcha......

Will 2023 Be A Repeat Of 2015?

States have been told to prepare in advance to counter any impact of an adverse southwest monsoon. IMAGE: An elderly lady carries a filled container after collecting water from a tanker at......

PM attacks Congress on loan waiver promises, calls them lollipops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of misleading farmers on loan waiver promises, calling them lollipops. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the crowds in......

Yoginder Alagh's Death Is A Loss To India

For Yoginder, it is a release from pain.But for us, his friends, it is the loss of a warm and generous life companion, says Nitin Desai of his 50-year association with the eminent economist who......

Eight months after rolling back farm laws, Centre sets up MSP panel

Nearly eight months after the government repealed the three controversial farm Acts, it has constituted a high-powered panel under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to......

Monsoon: Govt must act on global predictions too

Some global weather watchers have warned that India will likely see below-normal rainfall during this coming monsoon -- and that should be taken seriously, regardless of whether it turns out to be......

From farm support to CEOs: Obama to see it all

St Xavier's College ground has been converted into a village farm, with a display of tractors, irrigation piping and mobile refrigerators used for a cold chain storage. The makeshift village and......

High temperature to hit wheat harvest

With wheat harvest going on in many states, experts feel that the sudden rise in mercury is going to affect the late sown crops, putting a dent on the overall production of the food grain. "The......