Search For "agri"
Centre to explain benefits of new farm laws to farmers across country in l
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): The Narendra Modi government is reaching out to farmers across the country, with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's eight-page letter to protestors being translated into various vernacular languages.
Read More
Medical staff joins farmers' protest at Singhu borders
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): As farmers continue to protest against the centre's agricultural laws near Delhi borders, nurses and medical staff from Punjab on Sunday extended their support to agitation and joined the protest at Singhu border.
Read More
Punjab-based artists inking tattoos for free at Singhu border to support a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): A group of tattoo artists from Punjab have set up a stall at the Singhu border, where farmers are agitating for over 24 days against the new agriculture laws. The group is inking tattoos for free at the protest site.
Read More
Farmer chains himself to mark protest against agriculture laws at Singhu b
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): A farmer from Punjab's Fazilka district, Kabil Singh, has chained himself and donned a jail uniform to mark his protest against the farm laws at the Singhu border here.
Read More
Harish Rawat demands special session of Parliament to discuss farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Saturday alleged that BJP-led central government is trying to "end" farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws and demanded a special session of Parliament to discuss their demands.
Read More
Farmers at Ghazipur border use solar panels to charge phones, tractor batt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Amid the lack of facilities, farmers protesting against the new farm laws at Delhi's Ghazipur border have started using solar panels to charge their phones, tractor batteries and to carry out other important works.
Read More
PM Modi urges everyone to read, share content elaborating Agro-reforms on
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged everyone to read and widely share the content including graphics and booklets that elaborate on the Agro-reforms, that can be found on the NaMo App Volunteer Module's Your Voice and Downloads sections.
Read More
Consumer Price Index for agricultural, rural labourers declined in Nov
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Labour and Employment on Friday released the All-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers for agricultural labourers (AL) and rural labourers (RL) for the month of November 2020. Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CP
Read More
NHRC issues notice to TN govt over death of woman warehouse manager
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint related to the death of a woman warehouse manager employed in the Kancheepuram Agriculture Development office of Tamil Nadu Government.
Read More
If you want credit, take it and withdraw the farm laws: Yechury to PM
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the opposition political parties with "folded hands" to keep all the credit for the agricultural sector reforms on Friday, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury slammed the "mann
Read More
Tomar reviews progress of PM-FME scheme
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday attended the second Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee (IMEC) meeting to review progress of implementation of PM-FME (Prime Minister-Formalisation of Micro food processing E
Read More
UPA supporters are misguiding farmers, says Smriti Irani
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' agitation in the country, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said the parties which were members of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) were misguiding farmers about the three agriculture laws.
Read More