Although the Saturday chakka jam ended peacefully, the government is taking no chances and has beefed up security along Delhi borders to prevent any untoward incident.

The Prime Minister said that the new Budget carries the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and inclusion of every citizen and section.

As many as 25 criminal cases have been registered in connection with the violence, Delhi police said.

Several farmers in the hill district of Tamenglong lament that they could not burn up the cutting of their jhum fields as rainfall hit the region very early this year.

CPI observed it's 96th foundation day on Saturday in Imphal.

The training programme was held under the topic "GAP, GCAP and Primary Processing of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants"

Although agriculture is the mainstay of the state, farmers are facing several issues which resulted out of environment degradation, impact of climate change and impact of several new policies in the state.

Although the nationwide shutdown called by the farmers' unions hit Assam, it failed to evoke response in most of the NE states.

“As many farmers have started focussing on organic farming it is important to know the quality of soil,” Ranjan said while inaugurating a Soil Organic Carbon Testing Laboratory (SOCT-Lab) at Kwakeithel Awang Thiyam Leikai in Imphal West.

Suffering water scarcity and reduced crop cultivation, farmers cite construction of dam, deforestation at catchment areas, and quarrying among others as the main cause for the drying up of the river.

MLA and advisor to CM, Sapam Ranjan said setting up of cold storage would be completed soon in order to preserve perishable agricultural products.

The winter seeds included seeds of peas, tomato, French bean, onion and watermelon.

The government has completely sidelined the difficulties and challenges faced by the people, the MLL said.

IFM secretary general Gopen Luwang said farmers are facing natural calamities.

Standing crops (rice) were destroyed by the Airport Authority of India and the Manipur police on September 9, 10 and 11, 2020 at Ningombam village, Imphal West.

Legislations such as the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion of Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, will destroy Indian agriculture and the farmers, the Left said.

"Damage of paddies amid COVID-19 outbreak has hit hard especially the economically deprived people," All Manipur Progressive Farmers' Association secretary general W Inao stated.

Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee Co-opted member Achoibam Deben along with members of Lamlai Kendra Development Committee visited the paddy fields of Lamlai assembly constituency that have been affected by insects.

Farmers in Manipur have been using glyphosate-based weedicide to “kill unwanted weeds” without using any precautionary measures.

The Central government has sanctioned Rs1000 crore sanctioned to over 2,280 farmer societies under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund

With the market places closed due to the lockdown and curfew imposed in the state, tonnes of vegetables are reportedly decaying and farmers have no option but to dispose of their produce instead of selling them.

“I am a farmer's son. I grew up working at the paddy fields and I know exactly how much farmers struggle," the minister said.

The Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA), which started the export of organic pineapples in 2018, has set a total target quantity of 220 MT to be exported for the year 2020. This year's first shipment of locally grown queen pineapples was flagged off by CM Biren on Sunday.

Farmers were not all aware of the adverse impact of glyphosate on the soil and health of human beings.

Farmers have appealed to Chief Minister N Biren to address the problem.

The United People’s Front (UPF) stated that the practice of giving a bag of fertilizer to the farmers with farmer cards or farm documents should be dropped immediately.

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar called upon scientists to contribute in increasing agricultural production and mitigate difficulties.

The Meghalaya government has written to the Centre seeking change in criterai for farmers to avail the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme which was made effective in 2018.

The range of policies targeting land and resources of Manipur will unleash impact on the livelihood and survival of the farmers.

Government officials are following the behaviour of the colonial rulers and have joined the race to loot what rightly belongs to the public.