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agrarian crisis news

‘Dwindling groundwater level a worry for Punjab’s future’: Justice JS Khehar

As per UN experts’ assessments, the state could turn into a desert in the next 15-20 years, he said (Keshav Singh/HT)
chandigarh news
Published on Dec 23, 2025 05:02 am IST

Fadnavis govt apathetic towards farmers' woes, claims Pawar; warns of intensifying stir

Fadnavis govt apathetic towards farmers' woes, claims Pawar; warns of intensifying stir
india news
Published on Sept 15, 2025 04:01 pm IST

Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
us
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Award-winning farmer from Vidarbha dies by suicide

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Recipient of Adarsha Yuva Shetkari Puruskar (Ideal Young Farmer Award) in 2020
mumbai news
Published on Mar 15, 2025 09:41 am IST

Switch to maize, will buy it at MSP: Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjeet to farmers

Veteran Congress leader and Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh addressing a gathering in Muktsar on Monday. (Sanjeev Kumar/ht)
chandigarh news
Published on Mar 11, 2025 09:46 am IST

Guest Column| Bring Punjab back on national agenda

Challenges, such as water disputes, territorial rights, economic stagnation, rising unemployment, and the agrarian crisis, transcend partisan politics. These are not issues to be politicised but should form the foundation of a unified agenda for Punjab’s leadership. (Representational photo)
chandigarh news
Published on Feb 19, 2025 02:31 pm IST

Punjab: Draft agri marketing policy worse than farm laws, says SKM

Farmers raising slogans as they block a road during the Punjab Bandh in Amritsar on December 30. The farmers were protesting against the central government, demanding minimum support price (MSP) for their crops. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 04:40 pm IST

Courts can’t fix agriculture, problems are far too complex

Amritsar, India –March 25, 2023::: Farmer examine the flattened Wheat crop at his field after heavy rain and hailstorm, Amritsar , India, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal /Hindustan Times)
editorials
Published on Nov 24, 2024 07:31 pm IST

Will ‘batenge toh katenge’ and ‘vote jihad’ solve people’s problems: Thackeray

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Uddhav Thackeray brushed off concerns that his party would weigh down the alliance, which also comprises the Congress and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar).
mumbai news
Updated on Nov 18, 2024 12:51 am IST

How will smaller political parties impact Maharashtra assembly polls?

The Prahar Janashakti Party (PJP), led by Bachchu Kadu, has announced its independent candidacy. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
mumbai news
Updated on Sept 03, 2024 09:14 am IST

Congress to hold Jan Sanvad Yatra from September 3

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mumbai news
Updated on Aug 27, 2023 12:35 am IST

Will universal insurance help Maha's farmers this El Nino year?

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While cash assistance helps, experts have pointed out this assistance does not address the agrarian crisis.
mumbai news
Published on Jun 17, 2023 05:39 pm IST

GDP data shows farmers’ incomes haven’t grown, but expenses rising

One small detail buried in India’s full-year gross domestic product (GDP) estimates for 2018-19, released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Monday, summarises the country’s entire agrarian crisis: the farm growth rate, after being adjusted for inflation is the same as the farm growth not adjusted for inflation. Both stand at 3.8%.
india news
Updated on Jan 10, 2019 12:16 am IST

Monsanto patent victory on GM cotton seeds can aggravate agrarian crisis

A Monsanto logo is pictured in the company headquarters in Morges, Switzerland, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
india news
Published on Jan 09, 2019 07:19 am IST

Modi govt close to finalising new farm insurance scheme

The government is likely to move to a “risk-pooling system” of insurance, under which the government will get a deciding role on virtually everything, from fixing premiums to payouts..
india news
Updated on Dec 22, 2018 11:57 pm IST

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces ₹10,000 cr assistance package for farmers

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik during the 'Odisha Investors' meet, in Chennai on September 26.
india news
Updated on Dec 22, 2018 11:14 am IST

Had Sardar Patel been country’s first PM, farmers would not have been ruined, says Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of state assembly elections, in Chhatarpur on November 24.
madhya pradesh assembly election 2018
Updated on Nov 24, 2018 07:48 pm IST

Don’t blame farmers for being unreasonable

Sugar mills, which are supposed to pay farmers, blame the non-payment on unsold sugar stocks and fall in sugar prices
analysis
Published on Sept 14, 2018 01:24 pm IST

Too much milk is hurting India’s already distressed dairy industry

Activists of the Progressive Dairy Farmers Association spill milk on road against the declining milk purchase prices at Parliament street in New Delhi on July 31, 2018. A slump in global prices of skimmed milk powder has hit India’s exports, resulting in a surplus domestic stockpile, especially in the liquid milk sector.
business
Updated on Aug 13, 2018 09:04 am IST

Farmers’ protests in Gujarat a political stunt of opposition, says CM Vijay Rupani

Chief minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar.
india news
Updated on Jun 11, 2018 02:32 pm IST

Rythu Bandhu scheme to be a ‘game changer’ in Telangana politics

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao launched the Rythu Bandhu scheme on May 10.
india news
Updated on May 11, 2018 11:51 pm IST
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