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189 farmers penalised in Haryana for stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Haryana government on Wednesday said that 189 farmers have been penalised for stubble burning in the state.
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NABARD to devise plan to help peach, walnut farmers of J-K
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is set to lay out a plan to help peach and walnut farmers in Jammu and Kashmir get increased yields and good prices, its chairman said.
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NABARD seeks credit disbursal from banks on monthly basis
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): To avoid situations like the PMC Bank scam, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has directed cooperative and regional rural banks to submit information about their credit disbursal every month.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges farmers to produce oilseeds
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.
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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre committed to growth of farmers, urges state
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Central Government is committed to rural development and has put farmer's upliftment on a larger map.
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Unable to tackle locust swarms, Sindh minister suggests Karachiites to mak
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 12 (ANI): Karachiites are witnessing swarms of locusts descending upon their city from Balochistan's coastal areas. Taking a jibe over the situation, Sindh minister of agriculture Ismail Rahu has asked the people to take advantage of the situation calmly by preparin
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Goa: Deputy CM meets Governor, holds talks over developing agriculture
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar met Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday and discussed with him about the initiatives taken by the Department of Agriculture.
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Nepal: Protestors burn Xi's effigy in protest against Chinese encroachment
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bardiya [Nepal], Nov 11 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's effigy was burnt on Monday during a protest against Bejing for encroaching upon a chunk of Nepal's land.
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Expelled PDP MP writes to Agri Min over losses to Kashmiri apple growers d
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Expelled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MP Nazir Ahmad Laway on Monday wrote a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister seeking his intervention for assessing the damage caused to the apple crop following the recent untimely snowfall and for compensating the
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Amarinder Singh orders govt deptts to incentivise farmers who refrained fr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the Agriculture Department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who have
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Traditional agriculture was organic farming 'by default', claims UAHS rese
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Shivamogga(Karnataka) [India] Nov 8 (ANI): Explaining farming techniques, a young research associate, Ullas MY from University of Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences (UAHS) in Shivamogga said that traditional farming and organic farming are same "by default".
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Andhra CM Jagan Reddy distributes cheques to AgriGold victims
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy distributed cheques to the AgriGold depositors at Police Parade Grounds in Guntur on Thursday.
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