farmers' welfare

Bhagwant Mann and Channi Present 10 ‘Demands for Grants 2024-25’ for Farmers In Lok Sabha

17 Dec 2024

First Report (Eighteenth Lok Sabha)'Demands for Grants (2024-25)'for farmers was presented in Lok Sabha on Tuesday by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Food Processing. The report was submitted by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and incumbent MP from Jalandhar Charanjit Singh Channi who also serves as...

Proposed Data Protection panel on Agrochemicals should be dissolved

05 Dec 2024

It has been learnt that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has constituted a multi-ministerial committee under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary (Plant Protection) Mr. Faiz Ahmad Kidwai. The first task assigned to this committee is to find out how data protection can be given to companies bringing pesticides...

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Announces Monthly Radio Talk ‘Kisano Ki Baat’

15 Aug 2024

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced the launch of a new monthly radio talk show, ‘Kisano Ki Baat,’ aimed at enhancing farmers' awareness of modern scientific developments and government schemes. The program, set to begin in September, will be modeled after Prime Minister Modi’s...

Supreme Court slams Surat APMC for THIS reason

20 Apr 2024

A recent scandal involving the misuse of land allotted for farmers' welfare has sparked public outrage. The Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) of Surat, Gujarat, obtained land from the state government in the 1960s intended for the benefit of farmers. However, it was later discovered that this land was used...