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Farm laws will ensure better price to farmers, have opened avenues of priv
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): A day ahead of 'Bharat Bandh', Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the three farm laws are aimed at providing better price to farmers for their produce and it would bring prosperity and employment to the villages that have evaded poor
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Kerala govt to move SC against farm laws
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Thrissur (Kerala) [India], December 7 (ANI): Kerala government has decided to move Supreme Court against the farm laws passed by the central government, state Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar said here on Monday.
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As Union Agri Minister, Pawar had sought amendment in APMC Act to give way
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 7 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has double standards over the new farm laws: During his tenure as Union Agriculture Minister, Pawar had sought an APMC Act
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NCP issues clarification over Sharad Pawar's letters to Sheila Dikshit, Sh
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has issued a clarification after controversy erupted over letters written by party chief Sharad Pawar (when he was the agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation) to then Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshi
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Farmers' stir: Tomar to consult junior ministers
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New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): With the fifth round of talks between the Centre and farmers' unions remaining inconclusive, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will hold a meeting with Ministers of State Kailash Choudhary and Parshottam Rupala on Sunday.
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Sharad Pawar threatens Centre to resolve farmers' issue soon
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 6 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday accused that the Centre passed the agricultural laws in haste and warned that if the situation is not resolved soon more farmers from across the count
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Tomar urges farmer unions to give up agitation, says MSP will continue, AP
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New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Saturday said that APMCs will not be weakened and MSP will continue as he urged farmer unions to give up their agitation and solve their grievances through talks.
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Govt to hold next meet with farmers on Dec 9; MSP to continue: Agriculture
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New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): After its fifth round of talks on Saturday with farmer group leaders remained inconclusive, the Centre announced another meeting on December 9. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today reassured the agitating farmers that central governmen
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Tomar requests farmer leaders to ask protesting senior citizens, children
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New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): During the fifth round of talks on the farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday requested farmer leaders to ask senior citizens and children at the protest sites to go home.
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Not just farmers, whoever commits suicide is coward, clarifies K'taka Min
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Kodagu (Karnataka) [India], December 4 (ANI): I had said that whoever commits suicide is a coward, never said farmers are cowards, they are the nation's backbone, clarified Karnataka Agriculture Minister, BC Patil on Thursday.
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MSP will continue, government will consider demand for registration of tra
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday reached out to protesting farmers over their demands, saying MSP will not be touched, the government was open to their suggestions for parity between mandis under APMC Act and those outside, f
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MSP will not be touched, Tomar assures farmer leaders
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New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday told the farmer representatives during their meeting here that the minimum support price (MSP) "will not be touched and no changes will be made to it", official sources said.
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