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sowing season news

‘Cannot reverse harm to environment’: SC defers hearing on GM mustard

With the second sowing season for GM mustard round the corner, the top court refused permission to the Centre to proceed with the sowing of the seeds and posted the matter for hearing on September 26. (File photo)
Updated on Aug 30, 2023 12:30 am IST

Govt asks farmers not to hoard fertilisers, says black marketers to be punished

Mandaviya held a meeting with officials of the department of fertilisers to review the availability of fertilisers across the country.
Published on Nov 01, 2021 05:47 pm IST

Crops not ready for harvesting in parts of Punjab as paddy procurement begins

Farmers drying paddy crop.
Updated on Sept 27, 2020 05:30 pm IST

How India can eliminate the burning of crop waste | Opinion

To farmers, this is the cheapest way of clearing their fields in a short period before the wheat crop’s sowing season starts. However, severe air pollution leads to a health emergency
Updated on Nov 26, 2019 08:46 pm IST

Victims of Ghaggar breach: Farmers of 19 Sangrur villages still await free wheat seeds, compensation

Farmers of the Moonak subdivision in Sangrur district who had suffered losses during the Ghaggar breach in July this year.
Updated on Nov 08, 2019 11:27 pm IST

There are solutions to Delhi’s pollution crisis

I’ve met several women who’ve been plucking out stubble from the fields. One of them told me that they were too few in number to replace burning with plucking in such a short window of time
Published on Nov 02, 2019 08:10 pm IST

CM sanctions Rs 5 crore for free wheat seed to flood-hit farmers

the announcement made by Captain Amarinder Singh during his visit to the state’s flood affected areas.
Updated on Oct 22, 2019 06:22 am IST

Centre to spend Rs 15 K-crore to guarantee crop prices, decision likely on Wednesday

A farmer works in his sugarcane field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Updated on Jul 03, 2018 08:55 am IST

Cabinet clears oil storage projects, no word on MSPs for Kharif crops

MSPs for kharif season are usually announced within the first two weeks of June. Analysts say lack of timely knowledge of support prices could hamper crop choices of farmers, leading to potential losses in income.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 07:38 am IST