The farmers have decided to ratchet up pressure on the Narendra Modi-government by vowing to continue the fight for a guaranteed minimum price support (MSP) for all agricultural produce. The sudden d...

APMC mandis will now be eligible to avail financial support from the Rs 1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to expand the regulated markets' capacity and provide better facilities to farm...

At a time protesting farmers on Delhi’s borders are asking for an assured income by way of an assured price, Budget 2021 was expected to take the wind out of their sails by announcing provisions...

As India approaches yet another Republic Day, the political agenda — or, to be more accurate, the agenda that is projected as overriding by the media — is dominated by the issue of reforms...

Although governmental procurement via minimum support price covers an average of 6 per cent farmers in India, paddy and wheat growers in Punjab take a disproportionate share of the same. The...

A shopkeeper in Binod Market, Hirapur, situated a few yards away from the APMC market complex said, “When the market complex was launched in 2006, we were happy about the prospect of increased c...

The Centre has announced the initiation of inter-state trade in agricultural commodities through the eNAM portal. It also legislated the Model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion a...