A parliamentary panel on agriculture in a report tabled in Parliament on March 23 this year noted that the government is far from its 2022 goal of doubling the income of farmers. The agricultural sector of the country went through several ups and downs under the...
To meet their growing expenditure, from daily needs and health emergencies to weddings and sending their children abroad for studies, farmers rely on Arhtiyas despite the heavy interest they pay. Arhtiyas remain crucial for the farm economy of Punjab and Haryana When Anita Sudkan (40), a...
Farmers of both Punjab and Haryana remain weighed under heavy debts as it rises many folds from one generation to another. Moneycontrol went to several districts of the two states and spoke to a host of farmers to get an assessment of the situation on...
India is among the worst affected globally by climate change, with its agriculture sector hit hard by rising temperatures, freak rainfall, and changing seasons. Over the past few months, large swathes of the sub-continent have witnessed heat alerts in February, followed by untimely rains and weather...
Dr Peter McCullough says, “India acted wisely by not allowing mRNA vaccines (Pfizer). Now sadly India did allow the adenoviral DNA vaccines which are also unsafe and while they don’t work but are less toxic because there is a fixed amount of antigen. Who hasn’t heard...
The conventional agro-climate is shifting and we are in a transition phase, which may last till 2027, if not more. India needs to move towards organic agriculture. This is a long-term way of building resilience and climate-proofing our agrarian communities The weather this season has been...
Hailstorms and rain could have reversed an otherwise healthy wheat crop this season. After a promising Rabi sowing, the wheat crop was looking good. By January 14, farmers across the north from Punjab to Madhya Pradesh were reading signs of a good wheat crop. There was...
Telangana is especially vulnerable to climate change and has already reported a high number of heat-related deaths. The air was sizzling over dry rocky red soils, while the palash trees were flaunting their deep orange flowers in hot silence. Underneath, an orangish frog croaked, announcing to...
Rakesh Tikait spoke to The Wire about why farmers are still organising, whether they should enter politics, the urgent need for policy reform and more On the eve of the Delhi kisan mahapanchayat, The Wire interviewed farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait. Below are excerpts from the interview. What happened...
With the general elections a year away, farmers' unions say they will build more pressure on the government to resolve their issues and 'will take their movement to its logical end'. New Delhi: The morning was already grey and windy when I reached the Kisan Mahapanchayat on...