The Centre on Wednesday said it was ready to give a “written assurance” to protesting farmers that the existing Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime for procurement would continue to functio...

The Kerala government has decided not to implement the contentious farm laws and instead challenge their constitutionality in the Supreme Court. State agriculture minister V.S. Sunil Kumar on Monday ...

The left parties and social outfits affiliated to them in the state held candlelight and torch processions in different districts and block headquarters on Saturday evening as a prelude to their ...

The farmers’ protest near New Delhi is a major political event challenging the Narendra Modi government. The participation is widespread and it is growing by the day. That farmers have been unha...

Jharkhand launched its paddy procurement process for the 2020-21 kharif season in Ranchi on Tuesday as per the minimum support price (MSP) decided on by the state cabinet last month. State food and c...

The might of the State was unleashed to prevent protesting farmers entering Delhi on a day dedicated to the Constitution, which begins with “we the people”, triggering a political slugfest...

The state government has set a target of procuring 45 lakh tonne paddy during this year’s kharif season and will ensure that all famers selling their produce at government procurement centres re...

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...

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The three agriculture bills rushed through Parliament by the Narendra Modi government seek to bring peasant producers into direct contact with corporate buyers without any intervention by the State. T...