The untimely rainfall and hailstorms this year have played havoc with rabi or winter crops, especially wheat, that were close to harvesting. There is likely to be a significant depletion in yield. While this may not immediately affect India’s food security, the
During the Kharif season, farmers in different states had suffered a lot of damage to crops due to heavy rains, waterlogging and insect diseases. To compensate for this loss to the farmers, orders were given by the state governments to compensate the
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar informed that over two crore farmers have benefitted in the year 2020-21 from the procurement at minimum support price (MSP) as compared to last year. In the last year 2019-20, the
