Tag: farmers
Adding Salt to Wounds, Protesting Farmers Given Rs 11 Compensation
Yet to come to terms with the losses suffered in the whitefly attack on cotton crop, farmers in Punjab received another rude shock when the state government issued them compensation cheques ranging...
Rahul Gandhi travels in train to meet grief-stricken farmers of Punjab
New Delhi: In an attempt to reach out to the grief stricken farmers, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took his fight against the contentious land acquisition bill to Punjab as...
Basmati farmers in Fazilka at mercy of private traders
Fazilka, October 23: Cultivators of the popular 1121 variety of basmati in Fazilka allege that they are being fleeced by private traders who are lifting their produce at lower prices. "The farmers...