Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
New Delhi Close to five crore farmers have availed of the benefits under the national crop insurance scheme, which aims at protecting farming communities against crop failures due to vagaries of weather, pest attacks and diseases. According to the latest data released on Wednesday by ministry of agriculture, crop insurance …
Post-harvest loan to be offered at 7% for using warehouses The finance ministry has launched a concessional loan scheme for farmers to prevent distress sale of agricultural produce. Farmers who park their produce at warehouses will be able to avail short-term post harvest loan at 7% as against the prevailing …
Almost four years have passed since the government introduced the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS) in the state to assist the farmers suffering losses due to natural calamities like rains, floods and droughts. However, there is just one man handling the implementation work in the entire Jammu region with 10 …
It is raining sops in Andhra Pradesh. The Congress government has unveiled yet another populist scheme envisaging interest-free crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh for farmers across the state. The new “zero interest” scheme, to be implemented from this agriculture scheme, will benefit 95 lakh farmers and cost the …
GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – Assam has only 8.3 per cent of its around 27.52 lakh farmers covered under the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) between 1999-2000 and 2010-2011 fiscals. Of them, 4.2 per cent were covered during the past three years. Experts feel that the authorities concerned should campaign further …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP Krushak Morcha on Tuesday sought the intervention of Governor MC Bhandare for inclusion of nine more districts in the list of drought-hit. A delegation led by State Krushak Morcha president Maheswar Sahu called on the Governor and submitted a 11-point charter of demands. The leaders told the …
ALARMED by the changing climatic patterns, the Centre is likely to include either cold wave or frost in the disaster relief fund. At present, compensation under the National Disaster Response Fund and State Disaster Response Fund can be given to victims of natural calamities like cyclone, drought, earthquake, tsunami and …
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company has been given the mandate to provide weather-based crop insurance for the ensuing Kharif season in Bilaspur district.It will provide cover for the tomato crop for the period starting from June 15, 2011, to December 15 in the Sadar block of the district for farmers. …
With budget cuts all the rage in government, Craig Lang, a dairyman and president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, proposed something that would have been unthinkable in farm country a few years ago: ending direct payments to farmers for crops. Mr. Lang, who received more than $25,000 in payments in …
Ranchi, May 23: Chief secretary S.K. Choudhary today directed agriculture and co-operative departments to prepare proposals to extend crop insurance benefits to farmers during the current sowing season. Agriculture secretary A.K. Singh said another meeting would be held tomorrow to work out modalities and a proposal
The Crop Insurance Policy launched by the federal government and State Bank of Pakistan was benefiting only big landlords as there was no chance for the small growers to get their crops insured under this policy. Accountant-General of Balochistan Mahfooz Ali Khan while delivering his key note address on Tuesday …
A new comprehensive insurance scheme is being prepared for farmers to ensure guaranteed damage cover, Agriculture Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said here on Friday. Patil was speaking after inaugurating Agrovision 2011, a farm expo organised by BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Swabhiman Shetkari Sanghana chief Raju Shetty and former Union Minister M …
THE government should offer assured income to farmers and shield them from erratic weather conditions. These are a few of the demands of farmers’ groups from the Union Budget 2011-12, which will be tabled in February-end. To address the declining growth in agriculture, the government should allocate more funds for …
The farmers in the state, who had lost their crops to the recent rain and hailstorm, may not get any compensation from the pre-sent weather-based insurance scheme in the state as hailstorm is not covered under the policy. According to sources, the state has adopted the weatherbased insurance in which …
MADURAI: Insurance coverage is meant to tide over unexpected loss. But, it seems that it does not work the desired way for the farmers who have sought crop insurance? The insurance premium paid also adds up to their loss, complain farmers criticising the norms of the National Agriculture Insurance scheme.
EXTREME weather conditions over the past few weeks have destroyed crops in several states, triggering farmers’ suicides. In all, over 300 farmers reportedly killed themselves in Andhra Pradesh (275), Odisha (36) and Madhya Pradesh (7), the worst hit states. Media reports said some of the deaths were caused by heart …
Farmers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have taken a lead in taking up National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) while farmers from the states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu have been trailing in subscribing to the crop insurance scheme which has been currently operational …
Kisan Credit Card Lending May Be Increased By 30%; 2% Interest Subsidy On Timely Loan Repayment May Stay. THE budget for the next fiscal is likely to step up the target for farm credit to . 4,50,000 crore, up 20% from the current year
DINDIGUL: Compensation to the tune of Rs.49.07 lakh for the loss of major crops was so far disbursed to farmers who had insured their crops under weather-based insurance scheme in the district, according to S. Ganesan, Joint Director of Agriculture. For kharif season In a release here on Monday, he …
As a part of Statewide visit in crop affected areas, the Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan today reached Daiyarpur village in Vidisha district and comforted crop affected farmers. He informed that the State Government has increased relief amount from Rs 500 crore to Rs 600crore in order to extend …
