PHOTOS: TN farmer builds temple for PM Modi

A farmer has built a temple for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his farm at a village near Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu,saying he was impressed and had benefitted by welfare schemes like the......

PM unveils Rs 75,000 cr Kisan income scheme, slams Oppn

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers, as he slammed......

Can 'PM Kisan' help BJP in UP?

The BJP deliberately chose Gorakhpur in UP to launch the scheme to reassert the importance of the state in the party's larger agenda given the fact that it has 80 Lok Sabha seats.Virendra Singh......

TMC govt destroying Bengal, says PM; Mamata hits back

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of "destroying" the state and depriving its over 70 lakh farmers of benefits......

India becoming world's 5th largest economy is no ordinary feat: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and this is not an ordinary achievement. Photograph: Courtesy, PIB "Every Indian is feeling......

Read the fine print: No cash transfer for farmers if....

Families with tax-paying members, government employees, professionals, among those who have been exempted from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.  Photograph: Amit Dave......

Modi promises 30 mn 'Lakhpati Didis', higher MSP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday pledged to make 30 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’, up from the 10 million rural women who have already achieved the feat. Photograph: Shrikant......

Centre backed out of minimum income scheme for all farmers

The decision to scrap the plan for landless workers and focus only on small and marginal farmers was made as there was no proper method to find out who qualify as landless labourers. ......