The agricultural loan waiver valued at Rs.60,000 crore announced in Budget 2008-09 has dominated discussions on the Budget.

It is clear from Budget 2008 that the UPA, instead of abandoning its neoliberal agenda in an election year, has decided to stick to it resolutely. R.V. MOORTHY

Water scarcity has hit hard Pachadh Dhundi State of Rajanpur district, as Dajal Canal, the only water channel in the area, has dried up.

Punjab Livestock Secretary Babur Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad has called for developing human resources in the livestock sector to enhance productivity.

US farmers have rarely been so spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing which crops to plant. Corn, wheat, soyabean, oats, rice, barley, hay, canola and sunflower prices are all at or near record levels. Which crops farmers will plant this year should become clearer on Monday when the US Department of Agriculture publishes its Prospective Plantings report, based on a survey of 86,000 farm operators in the first two weeks of March.

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday said that the State Government was committed to protect the interests of the fruit growers and deliver them best of the services to improve the quality and q

A contingent of farmers from Doda, Ramban Kishtwar and Poonch districts was flaged off today by the Director of Agriculture, Jammu Vinod Bala Sharma to visit outside the state under 'Technology Missio

The crops of wheat and sunflower have been severely damaged due to the shortage of water in the canals. Most of the canals in southern Punjab are closed nowadays.

The finance minister's (FM) shrewd decision to waive small farmer loans may end up costing the nation much less than the Rs 60,000 crore earlier estimated.

Subodh Kant Sahai is a man known to have donned different hats. In charge of the ministry for food processing industries, he believes that the industry's growth is remarkable and real. In conversation with Justin Thomas, he speaks about how the sector would be a focus and the effects it will cast on rural India.

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