In the midst of an outbreak of Bird flu that has affected 10 states so far, the Centre has urged state governments not to close down poultry markets or limit sales of eggs or broiler chicken meat. There is no need to worry because there have never been any instances of bird flu being...
On Monday, the Supreme Court said that it intends to stay the adoption of the problematic new farm laws thus proposing to create an independent committee chaired by a former Chief Justice of India to “peacefully resolve” the stand-off between both the opposing farmers and the...
Under its popular PM-KISAN scheme, the government paid ₹1,364 crore to 20.48 lakh undeserving farmers, a response to a Right to Information (RTI) query by the Union Agriculture Ministry’s reveals. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sammann Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was introduced by the Centre in 2019 and...
In Nizamabad of Telangana, hundreds of turmeric farmers took to the streets at Armoor, seeking a minimum support price (MSP) of around ₹15,000 per quintal. As the marketing season starts, prices have fallen from about 5,500-6,000 a few weeks ago to about 4,000-5,000 a quintal (depending...
Reliance Retail Ltd sealed a deal for the purchasing of 1,000 quintals of Sona Masoori rice from the farmers of Sindhanur taluk in Raichur district in the first major transaction between a giant corporate entity and farmers since the implementation of the amended APMC Act in Karnataka...
