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Impossible to give loan waiver to farmers, says MP Agriculture Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests by farmers spiralling across Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Agriculture Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen on Saturday categorically refused to provide any relief, saying the government has already been providing
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Opposition 'pretending' to be worried, concerned over Mandsaur v
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Motihari (Bihar) [India], June 8 (ANI): In a veiled attack on the Congress Party over the recent Mandsaur violence, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that the grand old party is just pretending to be worried and concerned over the same.
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NAMO stands for 'No Agriculture Mal-governance Only': Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'unusual silence' over the critical situation in Mandsaur following the farmers agitation, the Congress Party on Wednesday said that the ruling regime has acted like a 'curse of death
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India, Norway should work towards strengthening cooperation in combating t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Centre has said that both India and Norway should work towards strengthening cooperation in areas such as, combating international terrorism, maritime cooperation, climate change, renewable energy, waste management, fisheries, agriculture, exchange of tec
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Maharashtra MoS Agriculture assures solution on farmer's agitation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 1 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister of State for Agriculture Sadabhau Khot on Thursday expressed confidence that the farmers would not do anything that would result in huge loss to them.
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S.S. Ahluwalia leads Indian Parliamentary delegation to Sweden
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden] June 1 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, S.S. Ahluwalia on Thursday led an Indian Parliamentary Delegation seeking Swedish support for the global Convention against international terrorism at the United Nations.
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Giriraj dares to organise 'pork festival'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 31 (ANI): Union Minister Agriculture Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday lashed out at those who have been organising beef fests and dared them to organise a 'pork festival'.
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PM Modi introduces food scheme 'Sampada'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India] May 26 (ANI): With the completion of three years in power today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday introduced a food processing scheme, 'Sampada', adding the agriculture sector of India needs to be modernized for the economic growth.
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Agriculture, Food Security key to cementing Indo-African ties: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), May 23 (ANI): With the changing global landscape for agriculture and food security, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that India and Africa can emerge as key partners in these areas.
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Radha Mohan Singh assigned additional charge of Food Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh on Monday was given the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
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As farming flourishes, Modi eyes doubling farmers' income by 2022
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): There are many areas in the country where the debt-ridden farmers continue to commit suicides. Though the Opposition parties target Modi government over the issue, but the Centre maintains that the dilapidated condition of the farmers was 'handiwork'
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Keeping wraps on CPEC investment in agri-sector detrimental to Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Domestic manufacturing in Pakistan is likely to be adversely affected by the USD 51 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, a Pakistan-origin freelance columnist has cautioned in an editorial for the Dawn.
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