Farm Crisis

Lok Sabha polls 2019: BJP will have a tough time selling its record with development, good governance to voters

While campaigning for the Lok Sabha Election 2019, the government will have to convince the population that they are doing significantly better today than they were in 2014. This is not easy to do.

India's agritech startups are employing data mining and AI to improve crop yield, make farming profitable

Agritech startups are disrupting the Indian agricultural economy in unexpected ways by employing data mining and AI to help improve crop yield.

Farm crisis: Maharashtra govt extends deadline for loan waiver applications till 22 September

The Maharashtra government on Friday extended the deadline by seven days for receiving applications from farmers for its loan waiver scheme.

Agriculture crisis: It's high time for govt to re-look at MSP as a tool to rescue farmers

It has become religious ritual that every year central cabinet meets to revise MSP upwards

Brewing storm: Crisis snowballing in rural India; experts slam slow govt response

Promising good governance and a stronger economy, Modi romped to power in elections last May by the biggest margin any prime minister has got in three decades.