Ahead of the Assembly poll scheduled in December in Rajasthan, farmers have demanded a legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP) in at least four crops in which the State is the largest producer in three and the second-biggest in one, on an experimental basis. If not done before the model code of conduct is enforced, farmers of other States will also join in a campaign mobilising support for the demand.After a day-long deliberation in New Delhi on September 16, Kisan Mahapanchayat, a farmer organisation with a...
Traders at some agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards in Maharashtra withdrew their boycott of onion auctions following the Union government’s announcement that Nafed...
The Centre on Saturday imposed a 40 per cent duty on the export of onions. The national average prices of essential vegetables increased by at least ₹5 compared...