Agriculture

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has sought more than Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre towards food subsidy bill of the state to tide over financial constraints. In a letter to...

Bhubaneswar: JSPL Foundation has launched a special programme ‘Jindal Krishi Vikash’ in Odisha and Chhattisgarh to support small farmers and provide them farm mechanization equipment. “Mechanisation of farming is an...

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik released around Rs 800 crore for the farmers under the state government's Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme on the occasion of...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant step on taking Odisha towards natural farming as part of climate change action plan, the state government has signed an agreement with RYSS of Andhra Pradesh...

Bhubaneswar: The state government is poised to promote jackfruit as a super food as part of its programme to give a boost to production of nutritious fruits. Presiding a virtual...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Krushak Morcha has threatened to launch statewide agitation, if the state government does not order CBI probe into Rs 200-crore scam involving Agriculture minister and department officials....

Bhubaneswar: The state government in collusion with rice millers have been exploiting the farmers by depriving them of the MSP for their produce, said Odisha BJP Krushak Morcha president Pradip...

Berhampur: A farmer of Ganjam district is set to get the sweet taste of success after diversifying to farming of Kashmir apples. The farmer, B Ranjan Pradhan of R Bahadapalli...

New Delhi: The thousands of farmers protesting against the contentious farm laws at different border points of the national capital have finally decided to end their year-long movement. The Union...

Ashok Mohapatra was a post-graduate student of History in Utkal University campus at Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, while I was an Assistant Professor of Political Science in 1965. He was sharp,...