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Rihanna tweets on farmers' protests in India, Kangana Ranaut calls her 'fo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): International pop star Rihanna extended her support to farmers protesting on the borders of India's capital against the three agriculture laws introduced by the Central government last year and asked why people were not talking about it.
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Amid sloganeering by opposition in Lok Sabha, Tomar assures dialogue insid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Amid protest by opposition members in Lok Sabha over the new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday that the government is ready for debate inside and outside parliament on the issue.
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Rakesh Tikait warns farmers' agitation will not conclude before October
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 2 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday warned the farmers' agitation will not conclude unless government repeals the three newly enacted agriculture laws and it may go on till October.
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Union Budget farmer friendly, PM Modi devoted to their welfare: Amit Shah
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hailed Union Budget 20-21 as agriculture sector friendly and lauded Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi for his devotion towards the welfare of farmers.
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Budget has set highest ever capital expenditure target: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday expressed his happiness at the budget proposal to open 100 new Sainik Schools in the country and said several new programmes to support India's farmers, agriculture, infrastructure and reinvigoration of human re
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Agriculture Minister hails Union Budget, Oppn dubs it anti-farmer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for bringing out "such a good budget' in his press conference even as several opposition parties dubbed it as "anti-farmer."
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Government upfront with fiscal deficit, we have spent, spent, spent: Sitha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The government has decided to spend big on infrastructure across a wide variety of sectors to give a greater impetus to the economy which is recovering from the impact of COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
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Union Budget: Sitharaman proposes agri cess on infrastructure
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): While announcing the Union Budget on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an Agricultural Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) to conserve agricultural output and improve infrastructure.
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Union Budget 2021: FM Sitharaman proposes agri cess on petrol, diesel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the imposition of Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) of Rs 2.5 per litre on petrol and Rs 4 per litre on diesel.
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Tikait demands separate budget for agriculture sector
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): On Budget day, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the government should provide a separate budget for farmers to address various issues of the farming community. He also sought a waiver of agricultural loans of farmers.
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MSP regime has assured 1.5 times more price to farmers: Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime has undergone a change to assure price to farmers that is at least 1.5 times the cost of production across all commodities.
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Sharad Pawar's critique of new farm laws mixture of ignorance and misinfor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday said Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's critique of the new farm laws on Twitter was a mixture of "ignorance and misinformation."
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