Package For Farmers

AAP MP Raghav Chadha Saturday sought from the Union Finance Minister a special package for Punjab farmers ensuring them adequate compensation for their crop damaged by an inclement weather.

The Gujarat government on Friday announced a relief package of Rs 630.34 crore for farmers who suffered losses due to heavy rains this monsoon, the move coming ahead of Assembly polls likely to be held by the end of the year.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said the Punjab government has sought a special financial package from the Centre to bail farmers out of the debt trap, promote crop diversification and also curb stubble burning.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a special package of Rs 507 crore for farmers affected by cyclone Jawad, which had triggered heavy rainfall in the coastal districts during the first week of December.

The Gujarat government on Wednesday pegged at Rs 546 crore the overall size of the financial package announced a day earlier for farmers of four districts of the Saurashtra region who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month.

The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a relief package for farmers of four districts who have suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month and said a compensation of Rs 13,000 per hectare would be paid to them.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday disbursed Rs 385.98 crore as a special COVID-19 package for landless farmers across the state.

Hike in subsidised fertiliser rates has been effected as one-time measure as part of Covid-19 package to reduce the hardships of farmers.

The Rs 10,000 crore package for rain-affected farmers announced by the Uddhav Thackeray government was not enough to provide relief to all, BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Munde said on Sunday.

In recent weeks, India's government has shown unusual amounts of energy in pushing through long-awaited economic reforms. The last session of Parliament - cut short when several MPs tested positive for Covid-19 - was exceptionally productive. Two labor-law amendments were passed, as was a package of measures addressing the agriculturalsector.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements for the agriculture sector will prove to be extremely beneficial for farmers and states.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced 11 measures aimed at boosting agriculture and allied activities affected by the coronavirus crisis. The measures were part of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for the coronavirus-hit economy. The Finance Minister has already unveiled two...

The government will provide Rs 1 lakh crore to fund agriculture infrastructure projects, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. It will also amend the Essential Commodities Act to ease restrictions on trade of farm products and enable better prices for farmers, she said in her third set of announcements on the mega economic stimulus to...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion financial rescue package to help the agriculture industry weather the staggering economic downturn sparked by measures to defeat the coronavirus.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha Saturday sought from the Union Finance Minister a special package for Punjab farmers ensuring them adequate compensation for their crop damaged by an inclement weather.

The Gujarat government on Friday announced a relief package of Rs 630.34 crore for farmers who suffered losses due to heavy rains this monsoon, the move coming ahead of Assembly polls likely to be held by the end of the year.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said the Punjab government has sought a special financial package from the Centre to bail farmers out of the debt trap, promote crop diversification and also curb stubble burning.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a special package of Rs 507 crore for farmers affected by cyclone Jawad, which had triggered heavy rainfall in the coastal districts during the first week of December.

The Gujarat government on Wednesday pegged at Rs 546 crore the overall size of the financial package announced a day earlier for farmers of four districts of the Saurashtra region who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month.

The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a relief package for farmers of four districts who have suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month and said a compensation of Rs 13,000 per hectare would be paid to them.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday disbursed Rs 385.98 crore as a special COVID-19 package for landless farmers across the state.

Hike in subsidised fertiliser rates has been effected as one-time measure as part of Covid-19 package to reduce the hardships of farmers.

The Rs 10,000 crore package for rain-affected farmers announced by the Uddhav Thackeray government was not enough to provide relief to all, BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Munde said on Sunday.

In recent weeks, India's government has shown unusual amounts of energy in pushing through long-awaited economic reforms. The last session of Parliament - cut short when several MPs tested positive for Covid-19 - was exceptionally productive. Two labor-law amendments were passed, as was a package of measures addressing the agriculturalsector.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements for the agriculture sector will prove to be extremely beneficial for farmers and states.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced 11 measures aimed at boosting agriculture and allied activities affected by the coronavirus crisis. The measures were part of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week for the coronavirus-hit economy. The Finance Minister has already unveiled two...

The government will provide Rs 1 lakh crore to fund agriculture infrastructure projects, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. It will also amend the Essential Commodities Act to ease restrictions on trade of farm products and enable better prices for farmers, she said in her third set of announcements on the mega economic stimulus to...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion financial rescue package to help the agriculture industry weather the staggering economic downturn sparked by measures to defeat the coronavirus.