 | New ordinances will create uneven playing field, fear farmersThe amendments to the Essential Commodities Act have removed commodities like paddy, wheat, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potato from the list of essential commodities. |
 | Harish Rao asks farmers to take up vegetable cultivationFinance Minister T Harish Rao suggested farmers to go for vegetable cultivation as the profit margin is much higher when compared to other crops such as paddy and cotton. |
 | Paddy farmers agitated over delay in procurementThey alleged that officials of IKP centres and rice mill owners were looting them. |
 | Agrarian crisis dominates, set to influence 2019 general electionsAmid protests, the government increased the Minimum Support Price for certain agriculture commodities. |
