A credit policy for farmers is being misused, often twisted to serve dowry demands and other non-agricultural ends.

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Friday attended the National Seminar organised by NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) on the occasion ...

Minister Vivek Venkataswamy has reiterated the Congress government's commitment to the welfare of the underprivileged during ...

To support this vital sector, the government consistently introduces financial assistance, subsidies, and access to modern ...

Women's role in farming has always been a matter of discussion, as in India, being a patriarchal society, land holdings ...

Pawan Kumar achieved the impossible as he cracked the UPSC exam with AIR 239 while living with barely minimum means as he ...

There is clear evidence that poverty has declined in India. But overstating the extent of this fall by ignoring the limits of the new data goes against sound research.

Shivraj Chouhan says India will amend seed and pesticide laws after farmers raised quality concerns in a campaign that ...

The year-on-year inflation rates based on the all-India consumer price index for agricultural labourers (CPI-AL) and rural ...

On a small plot of parched land in Maharashtra, Mirabai Khindkar’s life has been shattered. After successive crop failures, ...

Capitalism is rapidly gaining ground in the country and small farmers’ lands are being handed over to industrialists, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said.

Suganthi Jaganathan researches air pollution in India. Among other findings, she has shown that poor air quality caused 16.6 million deaths in India ...