For the past three decades, more investment has been made for crop technology than for building infrastructure to store and market food products.

Authorisation sought for additional expenditure of Rs. 1,40,378.91 crore

A lot has been said and written on the state of agriculture in India and if the recently-announced largesse of Rs 60,000 crore in the form of farm loan waivers can do anything significant to mitigate

Parliament's approval for additional net cash spending of Rs 43,060 crore sought.

The farm loan waiver announced by the Central government has come as a boon to the District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB), which is facing financial problems with bad debts amounting to Rs 200 crore

Hundreds of poor farmers are up in arms against the district administration for delaying registration of a criminal case against "bigwigs' allegedly involved in the 450-acre surplus government lan

Ultimately, it boils down to whether a loan waiver will help without taking action to improve irrigation facilities and to ensure remunerative prices for farmers. Vijay Jawandhia President,

IRRI-boro paddy cultivation in Pabna is facing a setback because of a drought-like situation for lack of rain. The farmers are now crying for rain.

Karza maafi or voter maafi?: File picture of the relatives of a farmer who committed suicide due to mounting debt last year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi virtually launched the Congress party's election campaign here on Sunday with a frontal attack on the BJP-led N