Today 31% of the total rural household remains indebted with an average debt of 1.1 lakh
2 min read4 Dec 2018Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrakant Patil informed the state legislative assembly while responding on the issue of farmers' suicide
1 min read15 Dec 2017Upset over the non-appointment of Lokpal for the last 4 years, anti-graft activist Anna Hazare announces protest on 23 March, says govt not serious in fight against corruption
1 min read5 Dec 2017Hundreds of farmers came to Delhi to tell their stories, but their problems are similar: crop failures, rising debt, losses from farming due to low crop prices leading to suicides
4 min read23 Nov 2017The Narendra Modi govt has requested the SC to give it a year to show effective results of its pro-farmer schemes like Fasal Bima Yojana
1 min read6 Jul 2017The village is not a place, but a mind. Identity is everything to a villager. The villager does not live in villages alone. Cities are filled with village minds.
4 min read24 Jun 2017Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia says the BJP rode to power in 2014 promising to give farmers a price for their yield which would be 50% more than the production cost
1 min read19 Jun 2017Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis says the government will ensure with the help of a digital platform that only needy farmers benefit from its loan waiver scheme
2 min read18 Jun 2017The Congress workers seeking a farm loan waiver also protested against the alleged police firing on farmers in Madhya Pradesh.
1 min read16 Jun 2017The Congress creates an uproar in Uttarakhand Assembly demanding a loan waiver for farmers on the lines of Uttar Pradesh
2 min read14 Jun 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared