Farm Crisis 2017
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Rajasthan will waive farm loans of up to Rs 50,000, farmer protests end
State ministers had met representatives of protesting farmers on Tuesday.
Scroll Staff
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‘Nothing has changed since the protests’: Why farmers are still getting low prices for their crops
Only tomato fetches good money currently but most cultivators do not benefit.
Mridula Chari
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Karnataka: Cauvery basin reservoirs have 50% less water than they did last year
This year water will not be released for agriculture, said Water Resources Minister MB Patil.
Scroll Staff
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Delhi HC denies bail to Manish Sisodia in liquor policy case, says allegations are ‘very serious’
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Protesting wrestlers say they will immerse medals in Ganga today, begin hunger strike
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In the Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu, farmers no longer consider the summer crop to be viable
Water scarcity has devastated what was once a three-crop fertile region.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Centre approves Rs 795-crore drought relief fund for farmers in Karnataka
The state had sought Rs 3,310 crore from the central government.
Scroll Staff
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Farm protests: Why the government’s promise to buy crops at minimum support prices is often hollow
The support mechanism declared by the central government often exists only on paper.
Mridula Chari, Abhishek Dey & Arunabh Saikia
Video
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Maharashtra CM Fadnavis announces Rs 34,000-crore farm loan waiver, MLAs to donate one month’s pay
Farmer organisations and the Opposition Congress had opposed the earlier cap of Rs 1 lakh on loan waiver per farmer.
Scroll Staff
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Farm loan waivers are not the same as corporate NPAs – and it’s tough to say which is worse
While both have huge monetary implications, farm loans directly come from the state budget while corporate non-performing assets have some hope of recovery.
Mayank Jain
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‘Let them sell pakodas’: Maharashtra farmers do not benefit from growing even high-priced tur now
The minimum support price of Rs 5,050 per quintal barely covers the input cost, yet the going market rate is just about Rs 4,500.
Manas Roshan
The Reel
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Kerala: Farmer commits suicide outside revenue office, official suspended
KP Joy, 56, had accused the officers of refusing to accept land tax from them.
Scroll Staff
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Venkaiah Naidu clarifies what he meant by saying farm loan waivers have become fashionable
The urban development minister had said such offers should be made only in extreme situations.
Scroll Staff
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A farm crisis is slowly brewing in Assam – and farmers are staging protests to draw attention to it
Farmers complain they do not have any support from the state in terms of irrigation or price guarantees for their cash crops.
Arunabh Saikia
The Field
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Protesting wrestlers say they will immerse medals in Ganga today, begin hunger strike
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