Paddy

Varun Gandhi posts video of UP man setting fire to crop; calls inability to help farmers 'failure of nation'

He explained that Samodh Singh, a farmer, had been running around mandis for the last 15 days to sell his paddy crop and sought a rethink of India's agriculture policy

Paddy procurement in Haryana and Punjab to begin Sunday: Centre announces as farmers protest outside Khattar's house

Farmers broke police barricades and faced water cannons, including near Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's house in Karnal to protest the delay in procurement

Centre announces start of paddy procurement at MSP in Punjab and Haryana 'with immediate effect'

The government said that "in view of early arrival" of paddy in the states' markets, the procurement is being started earlier than usual 1 October timeline

'First COVID-19 and now Amphan': Farmers in coastal Odisha stare at an uncertain future as cyclone destroys crops, only means of livelihood

Cyclone Amphan made its landfall in the Sundarban area of West Bengal, but before that, on its way, it left destruction in hundreds of villages in Odisha's Balasore district

Pre-monsoon sowing of kharif crops begins, paddy acreage up 27%; govt to hold national video conference on 16 April

Total area planted under all kharif crops has increased to 48.76 lakh hectare so far this season as against 37.12 lakh hectare in same period last year.

Delhi air pollution crisis: Money, political will, clear data or steadfast public attention — what really matters?

India does not have hourly, source-apportioned data across cities and neighbourhoods in an accessible format, which obfuscates public understanding and dilutes political will. The kind of staccato concern we show on air pollution cannot compete with the sustained focus of lobbying efforts

Amid Maharashtra govt formation impasse, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray tour regions that suffered crop damage due to unseasonal rains

Fadnavis is in Akola on Sunday to meet farmers and review the crop damage and Thackeray is touring Aurangabad district on Sunday where he will take stock of the crop losses in Kannad and Vaijapur talukas

Punjab records 45% increase in stubble-burning incidents as of 11 Oct; officials expect overall count to reduce due to intervention

Period between 15 October to 15 November, maximum number of stubble burning incidents take place in Punjab, adjoining states and is one of the main reasons for Delhi-NCR pollution

Amarinder Singh writes to Narendra Modi, seeks compensation for Punjab farmers to motivate them against stubble burning

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking cost compensation of Rs 100 per quintal of paddy to motivate farmers against the burning of paddy residue in the open fields, the chief minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday

Monsoon deficit narrows, kharif sowing progressing well: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

The deficit in southwest monsoon has narrowed and the sowing of summer (Kharif) crops is progressing well across the country, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday