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High heat and low rainfall is threatening agricultural produce
Amit Shah set a two-year deadline, saying farmers would be able to sell directly to the two cooperatives and receive payment without intermediaries
According to a statement issued by CMO, amount was transferred to the bank accounts of farmers affected by storms, unseasonal rainfall, and hailstorms that occurred during the third and fourth weeks of March in the 2025-26 rabi season
The Prime Minister, who participated in an event to mark Paschim Banga Dibas in Hooghlys Tarakeswar, said that during partition attempts were made to include the whole of Bengal in Pakistan, and accused the Congress party of surrendering before those conspirators
PM Modi also released the 23rd instalment of the PM-Kisan scheme worth 18,880 crore, benefiting over 9.44 crore farmers across the country
There is no question that as a herbicide, paraquat is effective. What remains a question the country needs to decide on, is whether the human and public health costs associated with it outweigh its benefits as an affordable weed killer