Farmer News

Even as the soaring prices of tomatoes are burning a hole in the common man's pocket, a farmer from Pune in Maharashtra has become a millionaire by selling his bountiful yield of the key kitchen staple for Rs three crore in ...

The union government has allocated Rs 16,000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the fiscal year 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops and to ensure that maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches farmers. "This is ...

The Indian Railways has decided to cancel some trains culminating from Punjab until further notice, in light of the farmers protest in the state. These trains, run by the Northern Railway, have been cancelled/short terminated/short-originated or diverted. Trains facing disruptions ...

On Monday, the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 6 mandated Rabi crops for marketing season 2021-22. "In view of nutritional requirements and changing dietary pattern and to achieve self-sufficiency in ...

An agricultural trading platform has been established in Dubai to connect Indian farmers with food companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the Arab country seeks to enhance its food security amid the disruption of supply chains caused by the ...

On Friday, the State Bank of India (SBI) introduced a new feature called Kisan Credit Card Review or KCC Review option on its YONO Krishi platform. The country's largest bank said that with this added feature farmers will no longer need ...

At the first anniversary of the NDA government's ambitious PM-Kisan scheme (also called Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme) on Monday, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched a mobile app to broaden the reach of the programme. The scheme that provides ...