Farmer Income

Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the government is working on a model to allow farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers, reducing middlemen's role. Interacting with about 400 farmers after the Republic Day parade at Pusa campus, Chouhan emphasized that the "farm to consumer" model will help farmers get maximum benefits, an official statement said. "Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy and farmers are its soul. Without farmers, India cannot prosper," he said. While agriculture is a state subject, the Centre will support farmers comprehensively, Chouhan stated. "The contribution of the agriculture sector and farmers would play a key role in making India a developed nation. The Centre along with state governments will support you," he said. He highlighted ongoing efforts including procuring crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP), promoting technological solutions, strengthening Krishi Vighyan Kendras, encouraging natural farming and crop

The professor advocated for raising subsidies to support a diversified food basket, necessary for achieving a balanced diet for the Indian population

A favourable monsoon in 2024 should keep production worries at bay

The group, along with the old-SKM, will also hold demonstrations on Sunday against the decision to declare private silos as wheat procurement centres in Punjab

Farmer activist Navdeep Singh Jalbera has been arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with an FIR registered during the farmers' "Delhi Chalo" protest last month. The development comes ahead of a gathering convened by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mukti Morcha (KMM) on Sunday to pay homage to Shubhkaran Singh (21), a farmer from Punjab's Bathinda who was killed in a clash with police at the Punjab-Haryana border on February 21. The Ambala Police arrested Jalbera from Mohali on Thursday. He was produced in a court that remanded him in the custody of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the Haryana Police for two days. Police said Jalbera was arrested in connection with a case registered here on February 13 under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 307 (attempt to murder) and for assault on police personnel. Jalbera, a native of the eponymous village near Ambala, became famous as the "water-cannon man" for climbing atop a police water .

The government on Friday said almost 5,000 out of 8,000 registered Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have been onboarded on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) portal for selling the produce online to consumers across the country. Around 8,000 FPOs have been registered against the government's target of 10,000 under a central scheme launched in 2020 with a budgetary provision of Rs 6,865 crore. FPOs facilitate farmers with access to improved technology, credit, better input and more markets to incentivise them to produce better quality commodities. "Almost 5,000 out of 8,000 registered FPOs have been registered on the ONDC portal...," the agriculture ministry said in a statement. The onboarding of FPOs on ONDC to reach out to their buyers in any part of the country is in line with the Central government's objective of providing growers with better market access, it said. The move aims to empower FPOs with direct access to digital marketing, online payment, ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday called for more action to lift some farmers out of poverty and ensure right price for their produce even as the government is making speedy efforts to boost their income. The comments came in the backdrop of thousands of farmers from Delhi-NCR region taking to the streets seeking hiked compensation for lands acquired by the government and for accepting several demands, including enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops on Thursday. Addressing the 62nd convocation of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) here at Pusa complex, Murmu said farmers are not only "annadata" but also "jeevandata" who are contributing in making the country's economy strong. "We are aware of problems faced by our farmers. Even today, many farmers are living in poverty. To ensure they get the right price (for their produce) and improve their livelihood, we need to work even harder in this direction," Murmu said. She expressed ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday credited Rs 5,500 financial assistance to 52.3 lakh eligible farmers under the first tranche of YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan scheme for the fifth consecutive year at Pattikonda in Kurnool district. However, Rs 2,000 contribution due from the Central Government under this scheme is yet to be received, which on receipt will raise the disbursal to Rs 7,500 for these farmers. The state government contributes Rs 5,500 as its share. "Your son's (Jagan) government is a government which believes that the state will be prosperous only when the farmer is prosperous," the chief minister told farmers in a video link shared by the state government on Wednesday. Reddy said his government has fulfilled all the promises mentioned in the manifesto and said farmers who find it difficult to raise credit should not struggle while cultivating crops. Under this scheme, the AP government doles out Rs 13,500 financial assistance to all landless

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Adds that farm loan waivers benefitted just 50% of farmers since 2014; MSP has been instrumental in boosting incomes

The increasing number of tractors being purchased in Chhattisgarh signifies that the farmers in the state are prospering as a tractor is considered a symbol of the economic prosperity of a farmer

A normal monsoon will help raise agri output while higher food prices will help increase farm incomes, says the report

During the program, the Congress leaders will discuss the Centre-State relationship, the situation of the northeastern states, the Jammu and Kashmir issue, and communal polarization

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Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal said on Monday that the committee will be formed soon

It finds that on a high-emissions pathway, climate impacts spiral to cause devastating damage across the G20.

Launching e-Santa, the minister said the platform will change the traditional way of carrying out business on word-of-mouth basis and will make the system more formal and legally binding