Tag: Farmers

State

Paddy plants wilt as farmers, officials blame each other

November 9, 2018

Oupada: Farmers in many areas of Oupada block in Balasore district are worried as their paddy crop is getting hit ...

State

Farmers seek probe into PKVY irregularities

November 9, 2018

Bargarh: Alleging the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) has gone haywire in this district and the farmers are hardly getting any benefits due ...

State

Farmers in soup as free seeds fail to yield

November 6, 2018

Jhumpura: Now is the time for paddy flowering, but scores of farmers in some panchayats under tribal-dominated Jhumpura block in ...

State

Rain warning unnerves flood-hit farmers

October 30, 2018

Berhampur: The rain warning issued by the India Meteorological Department, Bhubaneswar, for coastal districts in the wake of low pressure ...

State

Farmers block roads seeking loan waiver

October 27, 2018

Sambalpur: Thousands of farmers of several farmers’ organisations observed a three-hour bandh peacefully at 17 places in Sambalpur Friday over ...

State

Farmers await compensation as pest attack adds to worry

October 24, 2018

Khaira: Even as farmers in Khaira area of Balasore district have not paid their pending loans and await compensation, a ...

State

No let-up in elephant menace; farmers jittery

October 24, 2018

Champua: There is no let-up in the elephant menace in Champua forest range of Keonjhar district, with farmers in the ...

Metro

Rev officials’ apathy may deprive farmers of insurance benefits

October 21, 2018

Bhubaneswar: Even though the Revenue department officials’ involvement in crop cutting experiments (CCE) under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) ...