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ED attaches properties worth Rs 1.12 crore of Jain Brothers; files prosecu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate on Friday provisionally attached Agricultural Land belonging to Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain at Bhatti Village, New Delhi to the extent of Rs. 1,11,96,000.
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Cabinet for establishment of Indian Agricultural Institute in Assam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to establish the Indian Agricultural Institute (IARI) in Assam with 100 percent outlay of central government on 587 acres of land provided by the government of Assam.
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Organised sector crucial to growth in employment: NITI Aayog
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 12 (ANI): Stressing on the importance self-employment outside agriculture, Dr. Bibek Debroy, Member, Niti Aayog said India is a largely informal and an unorganised economy with about 90 percent of the people employed in the informal sector.
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Record foodgrains production in 2016-17
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Boisterous with good monsoon during 2016 and various policy initiatives undertaken by the government, the country witnessed a record food grain production, estimated at, 273.38 Million tonnes in 2016-17, as per a report released by the third advance estimates
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Agriculture minister to CMs: 'Review measures to handle possible mons
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Union Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh has written letters to all chief ministers to review all measures to handle situation possible monsoon failure before time.
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Baramulla hosts Mega Kisaan Mela
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baramulla (J-K) [India], May 6 (ANI): The 29 Rashtriya Rifles Camp, Hyderbeigh, Pattan, in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, District Baramulla on Saturday organised Mega Kisaan Mela cum Exhibition at Agriculture Extension office, Wagoora, Baramulla. The event was organised to fa
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NITI Aayog rules out taxing agricultural income
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 29 (ANI): Rubbishing claims of taxes being levied on agricultural income, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya stated that there has been no such proposal put forth by the chamber.
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Nothing in document about taxing agricultural income: Panagariya
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Friday categorically stated that there is no question of taxing agriculture income at a time when the government is keen on doubling the income of farmers.
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Weather extremes, trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Apr 28 (ANI): Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks get exacerbated by low storage levels as well as protective trade policies, the analysis of globa
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Gangwar re-iterates Jaitley's dismissal of taxing agricultural income
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 27 (ANI): Dismissing the proposal put forth by a member of NITI Aayog, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Thursday stated that no taxes will be levied on agricultural income.
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Kazakh envoy interacts with Coimbatore varsity faculty, students
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): The potential for expanding cooperation between universities in Kazakhstan and India, especially in key subject areas such as IT, management, agriculture and others, is huge said Kazakhstan's Ambassador to India Bulat Sarsenbayev on Wednesd
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No plans to impose tax on agriculture income: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asserted that that the Centre has no plans to impose any tax on agriculture income, while acknowledging that as per the Constitutional Allocation of Powers, the central government has no jurisdiction to impose
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