NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Undeterred by the harsh winter of India's capital, its toxic air and surging coronavirus cases, Sukhbinder Singh is among tens of thousands of farmers camped out in protest on ...

The Budget proposal underscores the government’s efforts to make agricultural infrastructure a cornerstone of reforms in the ...

India's government is pushing forward with ambitious reforms in 2025. While tax and financial changes are progressing, land acquisition and agricultural marketing reforms remain difficult. These ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests by farmers in years around the national capital ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of workers across India went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to privatize state-run companies and ...

In the last few weeks, a flood of new laws - including allowing 100% FDI in insurance, opening up of the nuclear sector to ...

In a year defined by global economic turbulence, geopolitical tensions, and trade disruptions, India in 2025 has charted a course of remarkable resilience through a series of transformative reforms.

India’s fertilizer subsidy has long weighed heavily on the exchequer. The revised budget allocation for it in 2024-25 stood at ₹1.83 trillion. Nitrogen-based urea absorbed over 65% of it, while ...

India's agriculture sector ended 2025 with a record foodgrain output, overcoming US tariffs and implementing significant GST ...

WHEN MOST of India’s laws on farming were adopted, in the 1950s and 1960s, the country was often on the brink of famine. In 1966 mass starvation was averted only by the arrival of 10m tonnes of ...

This article is authored by Naren Prasad, head of education & training, research department, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva.