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Specific services related to agri-produce marketing, anganwadi workers, A
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Home Ministry said on Thursday that specific services exempt under lockdown restrictions broadly relate to direct marketing of agricultural produce, food and nutrition support and medical services and drug manufacturing.
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ICAR issues advisory on harvesting and threshing crops amid coronavirus ou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Tuesday issued an advisory to farmers with regard to harvesting and threshing of Rabi crops and post-harvest, storage and marketing of farm produce in the wake of COVID-19 threat.
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NAFED donates Rs 5 crore to PM CARES fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) donated Rs 5 crore to Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES) on Tuesday.
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Defying social distancing norms, residents assemble to buy essentials in K
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Gadag (Karnataka) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): At a time when the adminsitration is insisting on social diatancing due to COVID-19 outbreak, scores of people gathered in large numbers at an Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market in Gadag district to buy essential commodities.
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Union Home Secretary writes to States, UTs to provide food and shelter to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Union Home Secretary AK Bhalla has written to all States and Union Territories (UTs) to take immediate steps to provide adequate support, including food and shelter, to migrant agricultural labourers, industrial workers and other unorganised sector workers du
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WTC Chandigarh to set up a center of excellence for food and agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] March 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): WTCA (World Trade Center Association) agricultural committee in association with agro-industry bodies intend to be a catalyst to the food and agricultural industry in India.
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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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COVID19: Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board announces closing of v
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus scare, the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board on Thursday issued an order saying that all vegetable markets will remain closed till March 31.
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First instalment of relief released by UP govt for flood-affected farmers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday issued the first installment of agricultural relief grant to the farmers affected by floods in 2019.
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Bihar poultry boom - Success story of the year
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bihar has traditionally been a consumer state for non-agriculture produce, especially eggs and fish. In the light of its image of being a backward state, its growth rate of 44.72 per cent per annum in poultry production has managed to draw attention
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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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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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