Mysuru farmers demand bonus of ₹500 a quintal for paddy
6 months, 1 week ago

Mysuru farmers demand bonus of ₹500 a quintal for paddy

The Hindu  

The Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations and the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association president Kurubur Shanthkumar on Thursday urged the State government to consider giving a bonus of ₹500 per quintal for paddy with the steep rise in the production cost. At a press conference here, after presiding over the coordination committee meeting of the associations at Jaladarshini, he said the bonus of ₹500 per quintal for paddy can be considered on the lines of the decisions taken by the governments in Odisha and Kerala. The meeting also urged the government to direct the district administrations for take steps towards the release of an incentive amount of ₹150 per tonne to the sugarcane supplied to the sugar factories. He also urged the MPs to bring pressure on the Centre for bringing suitable changes in the policies framed with regard to the recovery of farmers’ loans.

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Payment of ₹432-crore bonus to paddy farmers pending for two months: Harish Rao
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Payment of ₹432-crore bonus to paddy farmers pending for two months: Harish Rao

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD Former minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader T. Harish Rao has alleged that the Congress government in the State is deceiving paddy farmers by delaying payment of ₹432 crore bonus for 8.64 lakh tonnes of fine varieties procured about 50 days ago. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, he said the Minister for Civil Supplies …

Odisha seeks increase in MSP of paddy to Rs 3,100 per quintal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Odisha seeks increase in MSP of paddy to Rs 3,100 per quintal

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has requested the central government to increase the minimum support prices of key kharif crops from the upcoming season. At a crucial meeting of officials from eastern states with the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices here on Friday, the state has suggested to enhance the MSP of common grade paddy to Rs 2,950 per quintal …

Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves Procurement of Paddy at Rs 3,100 per Quintal
2 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves Procurement of Paddy at Rs 3,100 per Quintal

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Sunday approved the proposal to procure paddy from the farmers at Rs 3,100 per quintal. The Centre will procure paddy at the minimum support price of Rs 2,300 quintal and the state government would give an additional amount of Rs 800 per quintal to the farmers for purchase of the paddy. The ruling BJP had …

BJD protest, a ploy to malign Odisha’s image, counters BJP
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD protest, a ploy to malign Odisha’s image, counters BJP

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The BJP hit out at the BJD for organising a protest against price rise saying the Opposition party was trying to malign the image of the state when the focus of the entire world and the country was on Odisha because of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held here from January 8. Addressing a media conference here, BJP …

Bonus Has Positive Uptick on Paddy Prices for Farmers
3 months ago

Bonus Has Positive Uptick on Paddy Prices for Farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana civil supplies department has procured a record 47.56 lakh metric tonnes compared to 41.27 LMT by this time last year. Venkat, a farmer from Chittanoor village in Marikal mandal of Narayanpet district, said he gave around 300 quintals of paddy to the PPC. The government should speed up payment for paddy and bonus.” V. Raju, another farmer …

Telangana govt's announcement of Rs 500 bonus on fine paddy pushes cultivation up by 61 per cent
4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana govt's announcement of Rs 500 bonus on fine paddy pushes cultivation up by 61 per cent

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a remarkable achievement, fine variety paddy cultivation in Telangana has gone up by 61 per cent to four million acres this kharif season compared to 2.5 million acres during the same period last year, government sources said on Sunday. On the other hand, the cultivation of non-fine variety paddy declined significantly, dropping from 4.1 million acres to 2.63 …

Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8
4 months, 1 week ago

Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Advancing the date of paddy procurement of the kharif marketing season 2024-25 by a day to November 20, the state government on Wednesday decided to release the additional input subsidy of Rs 800 per quintal of paddy to farmers from December 8. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will release the subsidy along with the minimum support price of Rs …

Farmers seek hike in production incentive for paddy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers seek hike in production incentive for paddy

The Hindu  

As the State government works to speed up the distribution of dues to paddy farmers in Kuttanad, the calls to raise State production incentives to match the new minimum support price are now gaining momentum. At present, paddy farmers receive ₹28.12 per kg, which includes 12 paise for handling charges. Sonichan Pulinkunnu, general secretary of the Paddy Farmers’ Protection Council …

Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee

The Hindu  

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading an agitation for the welfare of farmers, will be submitting a memorandum to the Opposition MPs on July 8 seeking the introduction of a private members’ bill demanding a law on Minimum Support Price guarantee and complete waiver of farm loans. The president of the Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations Kurubur Shanthakumar, who …

Kerala Assembly: Recent climate vagaries caused loss of ₹110 crore in paddy sector, says Agriculture Minister
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Assembly: Recent climate vagaries caused loss of ₹110 crore in paddy sector, says Agriculture Minister

The Hindu  

Climate change-induced weather vagaries inflicted a cumulative loss of around ₹110 crore to paddy farmers in Kerala in the just-concluded summer season, Agriculture Minister P. Prasad has said. Replying to a Calling Attention motion in the Kerala Assembly on July 1, Mr. Prasad said the combined effect of heatwave-like and drought-like conditions that persisted in Kerala from February to May …

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin increases paddy procurement incentives
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin increases paddy procurement incentives

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday ordered an additional incentive for paddy procurement, following which revision, from September 1, farmers will receive Rs 2,450 per quintal for Grade-A paddy and Rs 2,405 per quintal for the common variety. The price revision follows the union government’s move last week, marginally increasing the minimum support price for kharif crops for …

TN farmers unhappy with 5 per cent paddy MSP hike, want incentive from govt
9 months ago

TN farmers unhappy with 5 per cent paddy MSP hike, want incentive from govt

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY/MADURAI: The central government’s announcement to raise the minimum support price for paddy from Rs 2,183/quintal to Rs 2,300 has met with mixed response, as majority of the farmers are unhappy with the increment of Rs 117 or 5% compared to last year. Imploring the government to consider raising the MSP to Rs 3,200/quintal, farmers’ associations have argued that the …

Clarify pricing and modality, Bargarh farmers urge elected representatives
9 months, 1 week ago

Clarify pricing and modality, Bargarh farmers urge elected representatives

New Indian Express  

BARGARH : With the new BJP government now in place in Odisha, the farmers of Bargarh district are eagerly awaiting a clarification on the promised increase in Minimum Support Price for paddy to ` 3100. Subsequently, on Tuesday, the farmers of 12 blocks in the district under the banner of Sanjukta Krushak Sangathan launched ‘Mandi Ku Chala Abhiyan’ campaign to …

‘Farmers in Karaikal to get their annual incentive in few days’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Farmers in Karaikal to get their annual incentive in few days’

The Hindu  

Annual incentives for farmers will be paid through direct benefit transfer in the individual bank accounts in a few days, said a press note from the Agriculture Department here. A total of 5,167 farmers under various categories would get ₹5,23,31,117 this year. Under the Crop Production Technology scheme and Horticulture Development scheme, farmers get these incentives, R. Ganesan, additional director …

Farmers’ demand timely supply of agricultural inputs
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers’ demand timely supply of agricultural inputs

The Hindu  

The Bangaaru Vaickal Neeradhara Koottamaippu, a water users’ association, has sought the intervention of the Lt. Governor to ensure timely supply of agricultural inputs to farmers during the Sornavari season. In a memorandum to Lt. Radhakrishnan and other officials, V. Chandrasekhar, president of the association, said that though the harvesting of paddy had commenced, the Department of Agriculture had not …

BRS Accuses Congress Government of Cheating Farmers Over Paddy Bonus
10 months ago

BRS Accuses Congress Government of Cheating Farmers Over Paddy Bonus

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS on Tuesday accused the Congress state government of “daylight cheating of farmers” its declaration that the ₹ 500 bonus per quintal will be restricted to fine variety of paddy. “Declaring that only fine paddy will get bonus is nothing more than blatant cheating of farmers by the Congress government which is fully aware that more than 90 …

Telangana Cabinet approves Rs 500 bonus to paddy farmers
10 months ago

Telangana Cabinet approves Rs 500 bonus to paddy farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Fulfilling yet another poll promise made during Assembly polls, the Congress government has decided to give Rs 500 per quintal bonus to paddy farmers producing 'sanna vadlu' from the upcoming kharif season. The government has decided to utilise sanna vadlu procured from farmers to produce sanna biyyam for supplying to students in hostels run by welfare departments and also …

Telangana govt. to offer ₹500 per quintal bonus to farmers from next season
10 months ago

Telangana govt. to offer ₹500 per quintal bonus to farmers from next season

The Hindu  

In a major boost to farmers, the Telangana government has decided to pay ₹500 bonus per quintal for fine rice cultivated by farmers from the forthcoming kharif season. The State Cabinet, which met here on Monday, took a decision to this effect after elaborate discussion on the procurement of rabi food grain, amenities in educational institutions ahead of reopening of …

Farmers peeved as agri-bonus promise in Raj, MP not kept
1 year ago

Farmers peeved as agri-bonus promise in Raj, MP not kept

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The issue of agriculture bonuses is set to become a significant talking point during the forthcoming general elections, with resentment brewing among farmers following the BJP’s retraction of its initial commitment to provide bonus amounts in addition to the procurement of wheat and rice at the Minimum Support Price. The newly elected BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and …

Utsa Patnaik writes: Why the farmers’ protest 2.0 is a battle against servitude
1 year ago

Utsa Patnaik writes: Why the farmers’ protest 2.0 is a battle against servitude

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 07, 2024 11:00 IST - 13 MINS READ Jawaharlal Nehru had written that once Britain obtained political control over India—which started effectively from 1765 with the East India Company wresting the right of tax collection in Bengal—our country’s economic development could no longer be understood in isolation, without considering its relation to international capitalism. “The cold temperate …

BJP promises Odisha farmers free power, Rs 3,100 per quintal for paddy
1 year ago

BJP promises Odisha farmers free power, Rs 3,100 per quintal for paddy

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Even before releasing its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, the BJP on Monday promised to pay Rs 3,100 per quintal of paddy and free electricity to farmers if it comes to power in Odisha. State BJP president Manmohan Samal said farmers of the state have been mostly neglected under the BJD government as their average income remains one …

Farmers bodies flay DMK for failing to fulfil election promise on hiking procurement price of sugarcane, paddy
1 year, 1 month ago

Farmers bodies flay DMK for failing to fulfil election promise on hiking procurement price of sugarcane, paddy

The Hindu  

Farmers’ organisations have expressed disappointment over “the lack of initiatives” in the State Agriculture Budget to ensure remunerative prices for farm produce. Farmers organisations also took a dim view of the ruling party’s failure to fulfil its election promise of hiking the procurement price of sugarcane to ₹4,000 a tonne and that of paddy to ₹2,500 a quintal. Pandian, president, …

Paddy gambit may hold the key to power in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 4 months ago

Paddy gambit may hold the key to power in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

On Friday afternoon, two days before campaigning for the first phase of the crucial assembly elections were to end, BJP leaders across the central plains of Chhattisgarh watched their television screens earnestly. And they heard what they were waiting for: a guarantee to Chhattisgarh’s farmers that a future BJP-led government would acquire paddy at ₹3,100 per quintal per acre. In …

BJP Chhattisgarh manifesto promises Ayodhya pilgrimage, financial assistance for women et al
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP Chhattisgarh manifesto promises Ayodhya pilgrimage, financial assistance for women et al

The Hindu  

Releasing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto for Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that if the BJP formed the next government, it would take the State’s poor to Ayodhya for pilgrimage, even as the party has bettered some of the ruling Congress’ economic promises, including the ones on the crucial paddy procurement issue. Describing …

Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections
1 year, 4 months ago

Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections

Live Mint  

Government procurement of paddy has fallen as farmers hold back on selling their crop, hoping for sops ahead of Assembly elections in five states this year. The union government, through the federal Food Corporation of India and state agencies, has procured 14.7 million tonnes of paddy in the ongoing kharif marketing season that started on 1 October, as against 15.9 …

Ahead of polls, Bhupesh government approves procurement of 20 quintals of paddy per acre
1 year, 6 months ago

Ahead of polls, Bhupesh government approves procurement of 20 quintals of paddy per acre

The Hindu  

In a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh announced that it will procure a maximum of 20 quintals of paddy per acre. As per the announcement of the Chief Minister, maximum of 20 quintals of paddy per acre and 10 quintals of maize per acre will be procured from farmers…” a government statement read. Earlier …

Paddy Politics Heats Up in Chhattisgarh Ahead of Polls
1 year, 6 months ago

Paddy Politics Heats Up in Chhattisgarh Ahead of Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A minister in the Bhupesh Baghel government on Thursday declared that farmers would get a price of Rs 3,600 for a quintal of paddy if Congress returned to power in Chhattisgarh in the year-end assembly elections, triggering a political row here. State parliamentary affairs minister Ravindra Choubey, who is also spokesman of the Chhattisgarh government, said that the paddy …

Chorus for bonus on wheat grows as BKU writes to Union agriculture minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Chorus for bonus on wheat grows as BKU writes to Union agriculture minister

Hindustan Times  

At a time when wheat farmers are incurring huge losses in view of the ongoing spell of rain, the Bhartiya Kisan Union joined the chorus seeking bonus on the produce — demanding an additional ₹500 per quintal on wheat. BKU president Gurnam Singh Charuni has written a letter to Union agriculture minister Narender Singh Tomar, requesting him to announce the …

Give Rs 600/quintal as bonus to farmers, urges Revanth
2 years, 11 months ago

Give Rs 600/quintal as bonus to farmers, urges Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and MP A. Revanth Reddy demanded the government to provide a bonus of Rs 600 per quintal to paddy farmers who had incurred losses of nearly Rs 2,000 crore due to delay in procurement of paddy. He said that BJP and TRS enacted drama on paddy issue, adding that after Congress comes into power, …

Uttar Pradesh: Govt hikes sugarcane purchase price by Rs 25 per quintal
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Govt hikes sugarcane purchase price by Rs 25 per quintal

India TV News  

In a major decision barely months ahead of the upcoming 2022 Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced a Rs 25 per quintal hike in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state. Addressing a meeting of farmers here organised by the BJP's Kisan Morcha, Adityanath said, "The government has decided that the variety of sugarcane …

Farmers disappointed over ‘meagre hike’ in MSP for paddy
3 years, 9 months ago

Farmers disappointed over ‘meagre hike’ in MSP for paddy

The Hindu  

A section of farmers’ representatives of Tiruchi and delta districts has expressed disappointment over the “meagre” increase in the minimum support price for paddy announced by the Union government on Wednesday. Swaminathan Committee recommendation of providing for 50% profit over and above cost of cultivation for agricultural produce, Arupathy Kalyanam, general secretary, Federation of Farmers’ Associations of Delta Districts, said …

Odisha farmers spend Rs 2,403 to produce a quintal of paddy, get only Rs 1,815
5 years, 8 months ago

Odisha farmers spend Rs 2,403 to produce a quintal of paddy, get only Rs 1,815

India TV News  

Compared to an estimated cost of production of paddy at Rs 2,403 a quintal in Odisha, farmers in the state lose Rs 588 per quintal when they sell their produce to the government at the Minimum Support Price. "According to an estimation done for 2018-19 crop year, the cost of production of a quintal of paddy in Odisha is Rs …

Govt may hike paddy MSP by Rs 200 per quintal to woo distressed farmers ahead of 2019 elections
6 years, 8 months ago

Govt may hike paddy MSP by Rs 200 per quintal to woo distressed farmers ahead of 2019 elections

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last week announced that the Cabinet will approve the hike in MSP to at least 1.5 times of the production cost in the forthcoming meeting. New Delhi: To woo distressed farmers ahead of 2019 general polls, the government plans to announce a sharp increase in the minimum support price of paddy, the key kharif crop, …

Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces sops for Madhya Pradesh farmers, incentives on MSP for crops
7 years, 1 month ago

Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces sops for Madhya Pradesh farmers, incentives on MSP for crops

Firstpost  

Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced several measures under “Chief Minister Agriculture Productivity Scheme” to ensure farmers get fair prices for their produce. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced several measures under the “Chief Minister Agriculture Productivity Scheme” to ensure farmers get fair prices for their produce. The chief minister said that e-procurement of 67.25 lakh metric tonnes of …

Ram Vilas Paswan snubs Nitish Kumar on bonus payment
10 years, 3 months ago

Ram Vilas Paswan snubs Nitish Kumar on bonus payment

India TV News  

Patna: The Centre today charged the Bihar government with launching a "misleading" campaign on the issue of bonus. Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan also asked the state government to ensure adequate procurement of foodgrains to meet its requirement of PDS so that the Centre does not have to transport grains from outside. "Last year, Bihar produced 53 lakh tonne …

Drought relief ‘Small’, farmers’ panel seeks Rs 150 bonus on MSP
10 years, 7 months ago

Drought relief ‘Small’, farmers’ panel seeks Rs 150 bonus on MSP

Hindustan Times  

Terming the central compensation announced for drought-hit farmers as “inadequate”, Punjab Farmers’ Commission has demanded a bonus of Rs 150 per quintal on the minimum support price of paddy. “This is too small to compensate the state farmers who have spent an additional Rs 6,000 to 8,000 each on diesel and electricity to irrigate the crops because of almost negligible …

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