Farm bodies go into huddle as poll results give BJP ‘psychological edge’
Farmer outfits protesting at Punjab’s border with Haryana on Saturday went into a huddle ahead of their February 14 meeting ...
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The Downstream Effects of India’s Green Revolution
I ndia extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, even more than the U.S. and China combined. In 2024, the ...
In Punjab, a farm union’s fight for land ownership to tenants and cultivators finds inspiration from a movement in 1930s
Bathinda: A fresh wave of land rights activism has emerged in Punjab, with Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) leading the ...
How the Budget’s ‘Pulse Mission’ could be key to Punjab’s agricultural diversification, MSP demand
By shifting towards pulses, Punjab could reduce its rice cultivation area, which currently spans 3.2 million hectares, and ...
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Punjab’s farm debt crisis deepens as loans cross Rs 3 lakh crore; no relief from Centre
Despite mounting pressure from farmers and state officials, Centre has made it clear that farm loan waivers are not being ...
As Pakistan and India spar over basmati rice, some fear for its survival
International demand for basmati rice is forecast to double over the next few years. But farmers and connoisseurs say ...
Caste, Politics, And Agriculture: Decoding Punjab’s Farmer Mobilisation
The current struggle of Punjab’s farmers is purely economic, but they are internally divided by decades old factional ...
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Punjab farmers says Budget disappointing, no step taken to give legal guarantee on MSP
Punjab farmer leaders on Saturday said the Union Budget was “disappointing” for the farming community as it did not give a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops. Union Finance Minister ...
SC tells CAQM to hold meeting with Punjab, Hry, UP govts on farm fires
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and ...