With agriculture continuing to support a significant portion of the population, the budget is expected to address key challenges faced by farmers: Expansion of direct benefit transfers (DBT): Enhanced ...

The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Dakaunda) said it would hold protests outside the residences of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs and submit a memorandum to them on February 9, demanding immediate ...

The All India Kisan Sabha and Himachal Kisan Sabha has lambasted the Centre over the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and termed it as anti-poor and tailor-made for ...

Kurukshetra: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Monday wrote a letter to Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, to start mustard and toria procurement on the ...

The Union Budget 2025 proposal is expected to enhance rural income as well as consumption, which has been slowing affecting the overall economy. Under PM-KISAN, Rs 6,000 is directly transferred to ...

The farming community has felt totally ignored in the Union Budget announced on Saturday. Farmers have termed the increase of kisan credit card loan limit to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 3 lakh as a ‘cruel ...

The government has increased the Kisan Credit Card loan ceiling from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to improve financial access for farmers. The Union Budget also includes initiatives to boost urea ...

PM Modi security breach: A court in Punjab's Ferozepur district has issued arrest warrants against 25 members of the Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari) and Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union in ...

The Kisan Credit Card-KCC- is a government scheme introduced in 1998 for smooth disbursement of loans to farmers. Available at around 4% interest, it is a short-term, reasonably-priced loan for ...

NAGAPATTINAM: The fisherfolk community say the Union Budget announcement of increasing the loan limit from '3 lakh to '5 lakh with interest subvention under the Kisan Credit Card Scheme would help ...

Kisan Credit Card (KCC) is a scheme that was launched in 1998. It provides short-term loans to farmers. These loans are ...

A total of 26 farmers were charged with attempt to murder nearly 11 months after the Prime Minister’s convoy was blocked on a flyover in Ferozepur The Kirti Kisan Union has staged a protest in ...