Farmer Crisis

Maharashtra farmer Dharma Patil's death: NCP leader Dhananjay Munde blames Fadnavis govt for 'murder'

The death of Dharma Patil is actually a "murder" committed by the Maharashtra government, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde said in Aurangabad .

Farm loan waiver implementation in Maharashtra slow due to delayed data submission by banks, say officials

The implementation of Maharashtra government's loan waiver scheme has been slow due to delay in submission of data by banks of the beneficiary farmers and its verification, officials said.

One year of demonetisation: Onion farmers in Nashik district are struggling to survive in cashless economy

A year after the government replaced high-denomination currency notes with an aim to encourage a cashless economy, onion farmers in Nashik, India’s onion bowl, are finding themselves without money to make essential purchases.

Maharashtra loan waiver: Govt receives applications from UP, Karnataka and Gujarat too

Farmers from outside the state too have applied for the Maharashtra government's crop loan waiver scheme, a senior official said today.

11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said farmers suicides could be checked only by increasing their income

Tamil Nadu Assembly hikes MLA salaries by 100%, ignores farmers: Draws flak from BJP while DMK remains mum

At a time when the Tamil Nadu is facing an agrarian crisis, the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday decided to give themselves an almost 100 percent pay hike, News18 reported.

Mayawati quits Rajya Sabha: BSP supremo's resignation likely to be rejected on technical grounds

Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Tuesday tendered her resignation as a Rajya Sabha member, hours after the Chair asked her to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh.

MP farmers' agitation: Government tendencies to ignore problems until they explode must be checked

The agitation is now showing signs of escalation and spreading to other states. Various farmers' organisations have already started holding meetings and demonstrations

Treat Madhya Pradesh farmers' protest with urgency; a contagion could deepen the crisis

With high level of non performing assets (NPAs), banks are not in a position to forgive farmer loans but the question is, if corporate loans can be adjusted, why not farm loans, where the reasons are more compelling.

Yogi Adityanath warns officials against exploiting farmers or ignoring their interests

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that exploitation of farmers will not be tolerated, and officials, who ignore their interests, will not be spared.