Farmers Income

Anti-Pakistan wave helps Modi salvage some rural votes, but farmers still angry about misery of past five years

Bleeding support in the countryside because of falling farm incomes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could still persuade just enough rural voters to give him a second term after ordering an air strike inside Pakistan last month.

Four-day Agri-Science Congress to discuss farming tech kicks off in Delhi today

Around 2,000 delegates from 17 countries are expected to attend the event, which ends 23 February.

NSSO data confirms India's jobs crisis: Unemployment at 45-year high of 6.1%, way out is to make economy grow

The problem of unemployment is very serious and the only way to go ahead is to make the economy grow which happens gradually over time.

Food surpluses have led to dip in farmers' income; spending on natural calamities not populist expenditure: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley underlined that there have been precedents of interim budgets containing major policy announcements to tackle an urgent situation

NDA govt policies led to improved farm output, quality of lives in rural areas: Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley said with the current level of investment in the next two decades, the infrastructure in rural areas will come at par with that in the cities.

Kisan Kranti Yatra: Low income major cause of agrarian distress, but is higher MSP solution to farmers' woes?

The low income and income disparity are a major cause of the agrarian distress, leading to farmers’ suicides and youngsters leaving farming.

ITC working towards enhancing farmers' income, says chairman YC Deveshwar at company's AGM

Speaking at the company's AGM, ITC chairman YC Deveshwar said "an integrated scheme named 'Baareh Mahine Hariyali' was aimed at maximising farm utilisation over 12 months of the year with the view to multiply farmers' income in locations piloted in select areas of the company's operations."

Narendra Modi reiterates promise to double farmers' income at Midnapore, TMC dismisses assurance

TMC sought to know how the prime minister is going to fulfill the promise as Mamata Banerjee-led party claimed that the income of farmers in West Bengal has more than tripled in past seven years

MSP hike: Centre's bonanza means little to farmers as govt lacks storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce

The government announces MSP for most crops to set a benchmark, but state agencies mainly buy limited quantities of staples such as rice and wheat at those prices

Revamping agriculture: Govt scores high on intent, patchy on implementation; litmus test will be persuading states to reform

If PM Modi is really serious about doing his bit for agriculture, he and Amit Shah must push BJP governments to execute the needed agriculture reforms.