Cotton Farmers

Marathwada Diary: Ten months after demonetisation, ghost of note ban continues to haunt farmers

Ten months after currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 were scrapped on 8 November last year, the ghost of demonetisation continues to haunt Marathwada.

Govt mulls increasing support price for cotton by Rs 160 per quintal for FY18

As farmers prepare fields for kharif sowing, the government is considering increasing the MSP of cotton by Rs160 per quintal to Rs4,320 for the 2017-18 crop year

Demonetisation: Note ban adds to cotton farmers' misery in AP and Telangana

Crop losses, mounting debts and a spate of pest attacks apart, the cotton farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh now have to deal with the demon of demonetisation as well.