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PM, Union Agri Minister must hold discussion with farmers across country:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 8 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing farmer protests against the new agricultural sector laws, farmers' activist and chief advisor of Consortium of Indian Farmers Association, P Chengal Reddy on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture
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Bharat Bandh: Uttar Pradesh CM directs administration to ensure locals don
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the administration and police officers to make adequate arrangements and ensure that the common people do not face any inconvenience during the "Bharat Bandh" call for Tuesday give
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Protests enter eighth day, delegation to meet Agriculture Minister today
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The farmers' protest against the three agricultural sector laws passed by the central government in the last monsoon session entered the eighth day on Thursday with demonstrations on Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi and ot
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Farmers' protest enters seventh day
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The farmers' protest against the three agricultural sector laws passed by the central government in the last monsoon session entered seventh day on Wednesday with demonstrations on Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi, besi
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Kerala govt to fix MSP for 16 varieties of agricultural crops from Novembe
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 21 (ANI): The Kerala Cabinet has decided to fix minimum support price (MSP) for 16 varieties of agricultural crops as part of its decision to support farmers and boost the agricultural sector.
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Farm Acts freed farmers from decades-old bondage, says Union minister Piyu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The new farm reform Acts have freed our farmers from decades-old bondage and will pave the way for fast growth of the agricultural sector, said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at a press conference on Empowerment of Farmers here on Sat
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Opposition moves amendment to send two agricultural sector reform Bills to
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Three Opposition leaders--CPI(M)'s KK Ragesh, TMC's Derek O'Brien and DMK's T Siva-- moved an amendment to send the two agricultural Bills to the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on Sunday.
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India's largest Kisan Call Centre empowering farmers through consultancy s
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): India's largest Kisan Call Centre (KCC) in the agricultural sector, a project under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer Welfare (DAC&FW) and run by IFFCO Kisan as the execution partner, is strengthening the farmers through its ad
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CEIC Research explores the impact of lockdown on employment and migrants
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): India has a large working population, employed in both formal and informal sectors. The largest portion of the formal workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, 42.4 per cent in 2019.
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Time to make India self-reliant, technologically advanced: PM Narendra Mod
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Appealing to the citizens to be even more careful in the time unlock, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India is unlocking, be it in sectors like coal, space, agriculture and more and it is now the time to work together to make India self-reli
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Kerala CM calls for self-sufficiency in producing food grains
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the state would need big interventions in the agricultural sector to remain self-sufficient in food grain production, in case of the prevailing circumstances due to the pandemic o
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MP Bajwa to move resolution in RS tomorrow urging Centre to improve agricu
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa will be moving a resolution in the House on Friday seeking the Centre to promote crop diversification and improve the agricultural sector via the open procurement system.
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