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PMK bats for all-round development of farmers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) S Ramadoss on Tuesday said that in order to double farmers' income, agriculture should grow at the rate of 6 per cent.
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PMK releases shadow budget says party working towards development agenda
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss on Tuesday released the agriculture shadow budget, ahead of the State budget and said that PMK is working towards a development agenda.
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Chhattisgarh CM appeals PM Modi to approve proposal for production of bio-
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to approve the proposal sent by the state government to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the production of bio-ethanol from the ex
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Punjab CM allows KVCP to function from Kalkat Bhawan in Mohali
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday accepted the request of the Executive Committee of Kisan Vikas Chamber Punjab (KVCP) to allow them to operate from their office at Kalkat Bhawan in Mohali on farmer welfare and agricultural economic gro
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Govt aims to make India surplus in pulses production: Minister
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that the government is aiming to make India surplus in pulses production and added that its various steps to increase pulses production is yielding results.
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Bengal govt to waive Agricultural Income Tax to tea gardens
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Monday announced waiving of agricultural income tax on the tea gardens for the next two financial years.
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Tamil Nadu CM declares Cauvery delta 'protected agricultural zone'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Salem (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said Cauvery delta has been declared a 'protected agricultural zone' and asserted that hydrocarbon exploration projects will not be allowed in the basin.
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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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Lightbox leads USD 32 million investments in agri-tech start-up WayCool Fo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Feb 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Chennai-headquartered WayCool Foods has raised USD 32 million in a combination of equity and debt in its Series C round, the company said in a statement yesterday.
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Alert issued in Haryana in view of locust attack
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Jai Prakash Dalal on Thursday said that an alert has been issued in the state after the reports of locust attack in Punjab and Rajasthan and that the teams have been formed to stop locust attack an
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Apples worth Rs 70.45 crore procured directly from Kashmiri farmers till J
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Continuing with its bid to boost the agriculture sector in Kashmir, the National Agriculture Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has procured apples worth Rs 70.45 crore directly from the growers in the Valley till January 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir governm
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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech in Parliament on Saturday proposed 16 action points to revive the struggling agriculture sector by doubling farmers' income.
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