66 Farmer Commit Suicide in 21 days in Marathwada
66 distressed farmers have committed suicides in the past 21 days in eight districts of the Marathwada region
Agriculture
An agricultural emergency
The Long March from Nashik to Mumbai not only presented a snapshot of
Swadeshi Jagran Manch Cautions Government to watch its step at WTO
Once at the helm of opposing China, the Manch finds itself using China as an example to keep the WTO at bay, will the government listen?
Hardnews Bureau
Karnataka govt releases Rs 671 cr compensation to farmers
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that the government had decided to release Rs 671 crore compensation towards crop loss to nearly 10 lakh farmers who were
deeply affected by drought that is prevailing in the State for thesecond successive year.
In a Twitter message the farmers will get compensation in form of input subsidy and it will be transferred directly to their bank accounts.
UNI
Demonetisation: Burning the House down to get ‘Rid of the Rats’
Experts say that the attempt to demonetise is eyewash which has done little to combat the flow of black money but could instead stoke a recession
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Stop GM mustard, or it will be too late
Genetically modified sarson, developed by Delhi University scientists, is not quite the safe, high-yield manna for farmers the government is making it out to be
Kavita Kuruganti Delhi
Government-Monsanto (GM) seeds barred from commercial sale
With the judiciary stepping in and intervening genetically modified mustard seeds receive a severe setback
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Agrarian Riots: The Countryside is Burning
A lack of jobs and an abundant workforce have meant that the agrarian states of India have become tinderboxes waiting to catch fire
Abeer Kapoor Delhi
Punjab Paralysed: Farmer distress spills over
Farmers in the land of five rivers are taking to the highways to bring attention to the rot in the agrarian sector. Will the state machinery continue to react with force or will they listen?
Abeer Kapoor Delhi
Paradigm Shift Needed
For many years, the Indian economy has been called a ‘gamble with the monsoon’. This means that if the monsoon fails then with it the Indian economy tanks as well. For the past two years, precipitation has been precariously low in many parts of the country; reservoirs have dried up, and images of parched and cracked lands have been flooding TV screens. Just before this year's monsoons lived up to the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) prediction of more than normal rain, there was a long list of people who had committed suicide in different parts of the country.