A 55-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh was taken aback when he got a loan waiver of just Rs 13 instead of Rs 23,815 he was eligible for under a scheme announced by the newly elected Congress government.
While the budgetary outlay of the Agriculture Ministry was Rs 1.21 lakh crore during 2009-2014 of the previous government, the Modi government had increased it to Rs 2.11 crore during 2014-19, he said.
Failing to get electricity after several requests, a farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri fell to the feet of district collector requesting for a power connection in his field, according to a video which went viral on social media.
To address farmers' distress ahead of 2019 general elections, the government is considering waiving interest on crop loans for farmers who pay on time, costing an additional Rs 15,000 crore to the exchequer, according to sources.
Kiran Santapa, a resident of Kolhapur district, was found lying on the floor at Ambedkar Bhawan in Paharganj area around 3.15 am, a senior police officer said.
The BJP-led state government had in June last year launched a scheme to provide Rs 34,000 crore debt relief to 89 lakh financially distressed farmers.
Our govt is working to ensure that the incomes of our farmers doubles by 2022. For that we are facilitating needed assistance wherever required. We have faith in the farmers of India: PM Modi while addressing farmers via video conferencing.
Ravi became famous for one particular mango tree on his farm which is almost 50 years old, has 51 varieties of mangoes growing on it.
In a shameful display of insensibility, one of Yogi Adityanath government’s ministers paid a paltry sum of Rs 4,000 as compensation to a peasant whose farm was run over by his cavalcade.
Financial losses in times of an economic slowdown or harsh weather conditions damaging crops may not be the only reason pushing farmers to commit suicide
Days after terrifying visuals of a Muslim man being beaten to death by a group of alleged ‘cow vigilantes’ in Rajasthan’s Alwar district stirred a row comes an equally appalling revelation in the case.
A 45-year old Ludhiana farmer knocked the doors of the court to seek compensation as his land is acquired by the Northern Railways. What he got in return shook the entire nation with surprise. He got the entire Swarna Shatabdi train that runs between
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress leader must "apply his mind" and understand that those in farming will not face any tax whether they keep their money at home or in banks.
Bringing shame to the Villupuram district administration of Tamil Nadu, a 15-year-old boy has been forced to beg to pay off debts incurred in performing the last rites of his father’s death.
After Bank of Baroda freezed the bank accounts of Pilibhit farmer Manmohan Singh for being the guarantor of the embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the former has served a legal notice to the bank’s Mumbai and Pilibhit branches.
New Delhi: After adjusting for rising costs, an Indian farmerÂ’s income effectively rose 5 percent per year over the decade (2003-2013), according to an IndiaSpend analysis of various government data. This calls into question Finance
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