The Indian Express

CBDT Aadhaar must for ITR filing, new PAN from July 1: CBDT Despite a statewide awareness drive, farmers not only continue to burn stubble in their fields after harvesting wheat ahead of the paddy sowing season beginning June 10, but most of them have also refused to pay fine for burning stubble, forcing the authorities to almost suspend the fine collection drive. During the wheat harvesting in April-May this year, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has imposed a fine on farmers totalling Rs 61.32 lakh, of which it has recovered Rs 18 lakh so far.

The Hans India

Small and marginal landholdings make up 85 per cent of the number of operational farms in India. Small farms make it tough for farmers to use modern machinery, because such farmers are too poor to afford such equipment. Manual labour costs also increase. And the small size and output makes it difficult for the farmers to get loans and institutional credit

Telangana today

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday directed officials to procure paddy from farmers irrespective of the expenditure involved and ordered payment Rs 1,000 crore due to the farmers instead of waiting for the FCI to clear them. He said the farmers are ready to take up kharif operations and they would be hard pressed for crop investment if the money owed to them by the procurement agencies was not cleared on time. Chief Minister said the State, for the first time in history had a bumper paddy harvest this year and the paddy arrivals in the purchase centres were bound to be on higher side. He said the State government was ready to spend any amount ...

The Times of India

Against the backdrop of a farmer in Kidaduru village of Kushatgi taluk in Koppal district receiving Re 1 as compensation for losses sustained owing to drought, the state government on Friday sought a report from the authorities concerned about the lapse.

The Indian Express

One gloomy afternoon this March, a disillusioned Dhanu Dhorde Patil, 43, sat watching his television in Dongaon village, about 2 km from Puntamba in Ahmednagar district, the heart of the recent farmers’ agitation in Maharashtra. On screen were reports of doctors striking work across the state in protest against the growing violence against them. Patil, upset by the dip in onion prices, threw an idea at his friends that evening, one that would take Maharashtra by storm

Deccan Chronicle

He said the government had so far procured 37 lakh tons of paddy worth Rs 5,300 crore from farmers this year, of which Rs 4,000 crore had been paid. He asked officials to pay the balance Rs 1,000 crore immediately without waiting for funds from the Food Corporation of India.

Nitidina

Khurdha, the farmer had complained to the district collector for compensation of 2015-16 droughts. The govt had declared the block as drought affected. The insurance company had not paid the crop insurance to farmers. it is due to difference in the report of govt and insurance company on crop loss.

The Indian Express

Ahead of the paddy season, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has set up control rooms to help farmers and announced to provide eight hours of uninterrupted power supply to them during the entire paddy season. This was informed by the recently appointed PSPCL Director (distribution) NK Sharma who was in Jalandhar on Saturday to take the stock of situation here.

The Indian Express

The agitations were primarily along two belts — Nashik-Ahmednagar-Pune extending to Satara-Sangli-Kolhapur in Maharashtra, and Ratlam-Mandsaur-Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh — both home to relatively prosperous farmers. In both stretches, apart from the usual wheat and soybean grown in these parts, farmers grew spices such as methi (fenugreek), dhaniya (coriander) and ajwain (caraway) in Ratlam-Mandsaur-Neemuch, and grapes, onions in Maharashtra’s Nashik-Kohlapur belt.

Hindustan Times DNA

Nearly seven lakh farmers who have availed crop loan through cooperative banks in Rajasthan will get an insurance cover of rs6 lakh by giving only rs27 as yearly premium a state minister said Saturday.

Deccan Chronicle

Emphasising that GM mustard is unsafe for the environment and health, Dr Sultan Ismail, said that the scientific evidence from other countries shows numerous problems.

The New Indian Express

The agitators demanded that the State government, which banned Bt Brinjal after continuous agitations, should also go against GM mustard if they want the support of farmers as in the past. Ads by ZINC “In fact, Odisha was the first State to ban Bt Brinjal. But unfortunately, the government has not yet taken any initiative to ban GM mustard whereas other states, including Kerala, have already passed resolution against it,” Beshra added