Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong case for modernising agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing to help the country become self-sufficient and a global leader in the agriculture sector. The Prime Minister also asked the states to focus on promoting 3Ts — Trade, Tourism, Technology — with a view … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong case for modernising the farm sector by using technology so that India can become self-sufficient and a global leader in the agriculture sector. Addressing the meeting of the Governing Council of the Niti Aayog, he said the rapid urbanisation can become India’s strength … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he will raise several issues, including a legal guarantee to the minimum support price (MSP) for crops and farm debt, at the NITI Aayog governing council meeting in Delhi on Sunday. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Mann slammed his predecessors Charanjit Singh Channi and Amarinder … Read more
Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014. The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6 million in what it claims are fraudulent auto injury claims and a declaratory judgment that it need not pay any further … Read more
New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! Did State Farm Insurance employ a clever device to reduce its payout – sometimes to zero – on thousands of property claims in Alabama? The insurance company has denied underpaying claims and other wrongdoing, but has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by homeowners in … Read more
With the culling of over 300 pigs to commence from Sunday in Kerala’s Wayanad in the wake of African swine fever being reported from two farms here, a farmer who would be affected by the government decision has opposed the move. One of the farmers, where some pigs tested … Read more
Higher prices of certain food items have pushed the retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers to 6.43 per cent and 6.76 per cent, respectively, in June. In the same month last year, the retail inflation for farm workers stood at 3.83 per cent and that for rural labourers was at 4 per cent … Read more
Nearly eight months after the government repealed the three controversial farm Acts, it has constituted a high-powered panel under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to make the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism more effective and transparent as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his televised address announcing … Read more
New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! When Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway investors that State Farm continues to dominate the large auto insurance carrier landscape during this year’s annual meeting, he was referring to scale rather than customer satisfaction scores. But State Farm wins on that front too, according to a Carrier … Read more
With a focus on securing more investments and expertise from the private players in the agriculture sector, the government is keen to create a formal comprehensive framework for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the sector, a senior government official said. Speaking at an event organised by industry body Ficci … Read more