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Fifty pc subsidy on transportation of fruits, vegetables on Kisan Rail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): The Government of India said on Monday that Kisan Rail has bolstered fast transportation of agricultural produce across the country by providing a seamless supply chain of perishable produce and providing 50 per cent subsidy on transportation of fruits a
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Repeal anti-farm laws, save country: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded that the new agriculture farm laws should be repealed and added that the country can never become self-reliant without the self-reliant farmer.
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Leaders of around 25 farmer organisations meet Tomar, support new farm law
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Leaders of around 25 farmer organisations on Monday met and handed over to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar a letter in support of the new agriculture laws.
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Forces pressurised Manmohan Singh, Sharad Pawar not to implement farm sect
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that even former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar -- who served as the Agriculture Minister during the UPA government -- wanted to imple
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BJP chief Nadda accuses Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy on farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy and misleading farmers who are protesting the centre's agriculture laws.
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'Debate with farmer leaders in public on new laws':At Singhu protest site,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday visited Singhu border where thousands of farmers have been protesting against the new agricultural laws and threw a challenge to Central government leaders to an open debate with farmer leaders on the far
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Talks on December 29 will resolve issues only if done with farmers perspec
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) Agriculture Kailash Choudhary has said that talks scheduled on December 29 will resolve issues if they are conducted from farmers' perspective, and not from the perspective of politicians who are politicising the issue.
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MSP will continue, no one can take away land from farmers: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured that farmers that the minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce and mandis will continue and asserted that no one can take away land from farmers.
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Farmer unions ask centre to resume talks on agri laws on Dec 29
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27(ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint front of almost 40 farmer organisations, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue and proposed December 29 as the next date for the meeting.
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Goa CM appeals to farming community to promote organic farming
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 26 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday appealed to the farming community to accelerate and promote organic farming in the state resulting in the best quality of agricultural produce that would boost the state's economy.
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MoS Agri Kailash Choudhary hopes for solution in next meet between farmers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' agitation against the farm laws, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary on Friday said he is hoping for a solution in the next meeting between farmers and the government.
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MP farmer becomes first beneficiary of PM Swamitva Yojana, state minister
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has written a letter of gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a farmer from the state, Ram Bharos Vishwakarma, became the first beneficiary of the Pradhan Mantri Swamitva Yojana.
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