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360 villages under Lal Dora, restriction on farm land eased

Lal Dora refers to land which is that part of the village `abadi` (habitation) which is used for non...

Global farm growth to slow down over next 10 yrs: OECD/FAO

Growth in global agricultural production will slow down to about 1.5 percent annually over the next ...

Patrick Dempsey lives on mini-farm

Patrick Dempsey has reportedly turned his Malibu estate in to a mini-farm.

Country can achieve 4% growth in farm sector: PM

He also said that agriculture wages grew sharply in the UPA regime.

Farm sector may grow by 3.4% this fiscal on normal monsoon

Agriculture and allied sectors could achieve a higher growth rate of 3.4 percent this fiscal if the ...

No wealth tax on farm land: Finance Minister

Finance Minister P Chidambaram Tuesday ruled out levying wealth tax on agriculture land and roll bac...

Karnataka polls 2013: Congress promises interest-free farm loan, laptops

The Congress on Wednesday released its election manifesto, which promised interest-free loans to far...

Crop-loans to be restructured in drought-hit districts of Maharashtra

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said that crop loans in the 15 drought-affect...

Congress alleges irregularities in compensating MP farmers

Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh alleged here on Sunday that massive i...

Karnataka polls 2013: Will waive all farm loans, if we come to power, says JDS

JDS of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda promised to waive all loans availed by farmers, weavers, ...

Upper castes poor should not get any quota: JD(U)

Anna Hazare claimed to have sufficient proofs of alleged irregularities committed in the farmers`s l...

Farm debt waiver: RBI seeks info on action taken by banks

In view of serious observations made by official auditor CAG, the Reserve Bank today asked banks to ...

No misappropriation of funds in farm debt waiver scheme: Pawar

Sharad Pawar said the CAG audit findings of shortcomings in the farm debt waiver scheme were based o...

Pawar asks for status report on farm credit disbursal

Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday sought a status report on farm credit disbursal with ...

Farm loan waiver scam: PM promises action

With the opposition targeting the government on alleged irregularities in the farm loan waiver schem...

14.08 million job losses in farm sector in 5 years to FY'10

As many as 14.08 million jobs were lost in the five-year period ended in 2009-10 in the agriculture ...

CAG reports also used to come during NDA regime: Congress

BJP spokesperson and MP Prakash Javadekar said as per the CAG report, nearly 34 lakh eligible farmer...

Farm loan waiver a `massive scam`: BJP

Citing the CAG report on farm loan waiver, BJP alleged that a fresh scam of over Rs 10,000 crore has...

Reddy questions Naidu`s promise of farm loan waiver

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday questioned the TDP chief N Chandrababu N...

Budget 2013: Farm credit enhanced by Rs 1.25L crore for FY'14

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday announced a sharp increase of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in agric...

RBI, Nabard examining errors in farm debt waiver scheme: FM

Amid CAG pointing to errors in implementation of the farm debt waiver scheme, government today said ...

BJP demands CBI probe into farm loan waiver scheme `scam`

BJP on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged scam in the Centre`s 2008 loan waiver scheme for...

BJP attacks govt over CAG report on farm loan waiver

BJP slammed government over CAG report stating that its farm loan waiver scheme has benefited the wr...

South African police arrest 50 in farm protest

South African police fired rubber bullets at striking farm workers who set up barricades and threw s...

South African police arrest 50 in farm protest

South African police fired rubber bullets at striking farm workers who set up barricades and threw s...

Stud farm owner Hasan Ali permitted to be taken from Patna to Mumbai

A district court here on Saturday permitted Mumbai police to take Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan A...

KV Thomas envisages `agricultural` India in new book

Union Minister KV Thomas has come out with a book which focuses on various challenges the country fa...

Former Zimbabwe white ruler`s farm seized

The manager of a ranch owned by Zimbabwe`s last white ruler says he has been ordered by President Ro...

Farm crisis can trigger problems: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday said a "farm crisis" had arisen due ...

Protests in Karnataka over Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

Protests erupted in Cauvery belt in Karnataka hours after Supreme Court`s directive to the state to ...

Cauvery row: Release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, SC tells Karnataka

The Supreme Court directed Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Cauvery ri...

Indo Farm eyes to double tractor exports this fiscal

"We expect to double tractor exports from 500 units sold in last fiscal to 1,000 units in curre...

Step up global funding on farm research: US

Expressing concern about reduced funding support from the World Bank to farm research, United States...

‘3 people killed in Finland farm shooting’

At least three people have been killed at a farm in the country`s southwest, according to Finnish me...

Ponty Chadha a controversial figure in business world

Ponty Chadha, who was killed along with his brother after both sides fired at each other on Saturday...

Ponty Chadha, brother Hardeep killed in family feud

Liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep Singh Chadha were killed in firing at a fa...

TV star Mischa Barton ready to live on a farm

Mischa Barton is ready to turn her back on the celebrity lifestyle and go and live on a farm.

Fresh changes in Land Acquisition Bill draft

The percentage of land owners, whose consent is a must for acquiring land for private purpose, has...

Govt should allow agri-land acquisition in rare cases: Pawar

Pawar, who heads the Empowered Group of Ministers on Land acquisition Bill, said there is a pressure...

Chinese firm sues Obama over blocking wind farms

Chinese-owned Ralls Corp. has sued US President Barack Obama for blocking a wind farm project.

Farm credit requirement to be Rs 8L cr/yr during 12th Plan

To achieve 4 percent annual growth in the farm sector, agri-credit of Rs 8,00,000 crore a year would...

Kenya: `38 people killed in clashes`

The Red Cross says fighting between a semi-nomadic tribe of livestock herders and a farming communit...

Model solar salt farm to come up in Gujarat

A model solar farm will be established in Gujarat based on the internationally patented technology o...

'Steps needed to improve disbursal of agri credit to needy'

Even though credit to agriculture has increased manifold over the past one decade, major reforms are...

Food crisis: World Bank urges countries to join hands

Based on World Bank data, 40 percent of the global population lives near river basins.

Farm loan target fixed at Rs 5.75 lakh crore: Chidambaram

Noting that the UPA Government had set a farm sector credit target of Rs 1.75 lakh crore in 2004 whe...

UPA giving step-motherly treatment to farmers: BJP

The BJP claimed that peasants` debt was increasing due to the UPA`s "wrong" policies.

PMEAC estimates 0.5% farm growth rate this year

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Friday said poor monsoon is likely to pull down farm sect...

PM's economic panel lowers growth estimate to 6.7% for 2012-13

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) pegged economic growth rate for current fiscal at...

Farm loans in drought hits areas are restructured: Indian Bank

Public sector lender Indian Bank Tuesday said it has started rescheduling and restructuring of loans...

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