Kalaburagi: Farmers across the Kalyana Karnataka region are facing severe distress due to inadequate rainfall this year, and BJP Raitha Morcha district secretary Vijayakumar Madgi has urged the state govt to declare the entire Kalaburagi district drought-hit and waive farmers’ loans.Speaking to reporters in Kalaburagi on Thursday, Madgi said agricultural activities have suffered a major…
Former minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa pays tribute at the memorial of farmer martyr Basappa Lakkundi on Farmer Martyrs’ Day Hubballi: Farmer Martyrs’ Day was observed on Tuesday to commemorate the farmers who lost their lives during the 1980 agitation in Nargund and Navalgund. Former minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa garlanded the martyrs’ memorials and paid tribute…
Nagpur: Maharashtra govt has decided to grant full ownership rights to rehabilitated Bengali settlers in Gadchiroli district by converting their rehabilitation land from Class II occupancy to Class I, a move expected to benefit around 40,000 people and resolve a decades old land ownership issue.The decision was announced by revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule following a…
Hyderabad: Lease rents for farmland in Telangana are soaring, exposing cracks in the state’s farm support system. Despite schemes like Rythu Bharosa, cultivation on small holdings is increasingly unsustainable, pushing more farmers into tenancy and driving competition for land to unprecedented levels.Growing competition has pushed average lease rents to nearly Rs 15,000 an acre, with…
The crisis underscores the vulnerability of the state’s vegetable growers, who operate without any govt safety net or assured pricing. Ludhiana: Despite the International Day of Potato celebrating the theme “Where potatoes grow, livelihoods flourish,” a devastating market crash has forced numerous farmers in Punjab to plough their standing crops back into the fields. With…
