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AMARAVATI:  Eleven farmers unwilling to part with agricultural land under the land pooling scheme of the erstwhile Chandrababu Naidu government to develop the capital Amaravati had committed suicide after ”harassment”, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy said in Amaravati on Tuesday. Six of the 11 farmers were Dalits, he said, referring to information disclosed under the Right to Information ... Read More »

LUCKNOW:  Acknowledging farmers’ contribution in achieving country’s self-sufficiency in food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Sunday sought to assure peasants that they would get the right price for their produce. Addressing the inaugural function of the fourth session of the Million Farmers’ School at Lucknow’s Lok Bhawan, the chief minister also assured peasants that his government stands by ... Read More »

BAJNA: For farmer Buddha Singh, who works a small plot of land in the village of Bajna south of New Delhi, the government’s decision to abolish 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes to crush the shadow economy could hardly have come at a worse time. He and millions of other farmers cannot get enough cash to buy the seeds and ... Read More »