‘Govt responsible for agri distress in country’

A farmers and agriculture workers convention here today blamed the government's policies for "agrarian distress" in the country. Addressing the Kisaan Sankalp Sammelan at Gandhi Maidan in the Chhattisgarh capital, farmer leaders said cultivators are distressed all over the country…

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Industry, farmers reject draft contract farming Act

Different stakeholders, including industry and farmers, have given a cold shoulder, with some even openly rejecting the draft model contract farming Act, which the Union Agriculture Ministry has framed recently, and circulated for comments. “The Act is aimed at helping…

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