Pest Menace

Insight Bureau: Odisha Agriculture Minister Dr. Damodar Rout told the media that Bargarh farmer Brunda Sahu, who had committed suicide, owing to pest menace, did not avail any crop loans and was not under any debt burden. Dr. Rout also…

Insight Bureau:  While the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is in Odisha to assess the pest menace and drought situation in the State, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday wrote…

Insight Bureau:  Odisha Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout is in controversy again for calling Brunda Sahu as BJP party man. A high-level committee, headed by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh…

Insight Bureau: Union MoS Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is on a visit to Odisha to review the pest menace situation in the state, made an explosive statement that the pesticide used by the farmers to kill brown planthopper…

Insight Bureau: The Odisha Government has announced agricultural input subsidy worth Rs 137.51 crore for 24 pest-affected districts in the state, while 6 districts - Balasore, Cuttack, Jagatsingpur, Kandhamal, Kendrapada and Malkanagiri did…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leaving no stones unturned to corner the Odisha government on the issues of pest menace and farmer suicide. And, ahead of bypoll in Bijepur, which falls in Bargarh district, the party wants to hit BJD as…

Insight Bureau:  A six member BJP Central Team led by MP Om Prakash Yadav will be on a 4-day Odisha visit from November 10. The team will visit 7 pest affected districts of Odisha to take stock on Farmers' issues. The team will start…