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LS passes two agriculture bills; Tomar says MSP will stay
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday urged opposition parties not to politicise the two agriculture-related bills aimed at boosting the income of farmers and said minimum support price (MSP) will stay.
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Harsimrat Badal resigns to register protest against three agriculture-rela
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Displaying her opposition to the three agriculture-related bills, SAD leader and Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the union cabinet on Thursday evening.
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Lok Sabha passes two bills related to agriculture marketing; SAD, Congress
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two bills related to "reforms" in agriculture marketing after a debate with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stating that the legislations will "end licence raj" and farmers will be free to sell their agric
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NDA ally SAD opposes bills related to agriculture marketing in Lok Sabha
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday opposed the two farmer-related bills in Lok Sabha and said they will adversely affect lakhs of farmers in Punjab and outside the state.
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'Anti-farmers and brutal' bills will destroy farming community's livelihoo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): As the government moved two bills aimed at 'agriculture marketing reforms' in Lok Sabha, two days after passing the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, the Congress on Thursday termed them as "anti-farmers" and alleged that the "brutal" bills
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IFFCO distributes over one lakh vegetable seed kits to women farmers on PM
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Fertiliser cooperative major IFFCO distributed more than one lakh vegetable seed packets to farmers and trained more than 40,000 women farmers in a nationwide campaign in association with Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) to commemorate
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Congress MP opposes bills related to agriculture marketing in LS, says no
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday strongly attacked the government over two bills aimed at "agriculture marketing reforms", saying that it is seeking to take away the power of states and the legislations were not in the interest of farmers.
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Lok Sabha takes up two agriculture bills, Tomar says legislations will pro
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for discussion two bills for reforms in agriculture marketing with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stating the legislations were in the interest of farmers and provide them the freedom to sell their produce. Read More
AAP will vote against three bills on agriculture in Parliament, says Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will vote against the three bills on agriculture in the Parliament.
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We will protest against agriculture bills in Parliament: SAD leader
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Balwinder Bhunder on Thursday said that they will protest against the newly introduced agriculture bills in Parliament, adding that though they have an alliance with BJP, they do not have to agree on every issue.
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ACB files Disproportionate Assets case against official
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 17 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has a filed a case of Disproportionate Assets to the lawful sources of Income, against Samudrala Krishna Reddy, Assistant Director of Agriculture in Peddapalli.
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Agriculture bills anti-farmer, Congress to seek special session of Haryana
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], September 16 (ANI): Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday termed the three agriculture bills brought by the central government as "anti-farmer" and said that the Congress will demand a special session of the state assembly to discu
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