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To reduce air pollution in Delhi-NCR, Centre releases Rs 496 crore for in-
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): With the aim of addressing air pollution, in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) due to stubble burning in the adjoining states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has released Rs 496 crore to subsidize machinery required in-situ ma
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Centre approves procurement of green, black gram under price support schem
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): The Union Agriculture Ministry has approved the procurement of green and black gram in Karnataka under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for Kharif 2021- 22 season.
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More than 20 lakh mini-kits of seeds to be distributed to attain self-suff
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): More than 20 lakh mini-kits of seeds are proposed to be distributed amounting to Rs 82.01 crores to attain self-sufficiency in the production of pulses, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare informed on Thursday.
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Centre postpones tenth round of talks with farmers to January 20
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The central government has postponed the tenth round of scheduled talks with the protesting farmers' representatives to January 20, informed the Agriculture Ministry on Monday.
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SC's decision against our wish but Govt respects it:MoS Agri Kailash Choud
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): As the Supreme Court directed the government to not implement the three farm laws and form a committee to hear all the stakeholders, Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary on Tuesday said that though the decision is against the government, it
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Over 41 lakh paddy farmers have benefitted from KMS procurement: Agricultu
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, the central government continues to procure kharif crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP) from farmers and about 41.04 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from KMS procurement with MSP value of Rs
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'I assure you that Government of India is with farmers', says MoS Kailash
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): As farmer protests continue along the borders of Delhi, Union Minister of State Kailash Choudhary has assured that the Government of India is with the farmers.
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China denies encroaching on Nepali land, says building constructed falls w
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 16 (ANI): Amid reports that China has encroached on Nepali land and is constructing structures, Chinese state media on Friday said that the buildings fall within the Chinese territory and are actually a newly-built village in Tibet Autonomous Region and not on the "e
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Kharif sowing at record high, says Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Farmers planted Kharif crops on 10 lakh acres more compared to the previous record of 1,085 lakh hectares and the figure is about 28 lakh hectare more than the normal sowing of 1,067 hectares, Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal said on Wednesday.
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Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee's protest against farm laws enters 14th d
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI): The Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) continued with its 'Rail Roko Andolan' for the 14th day on Wednesday as a symbol of protest against the three farm laws, which were passed recently in the Parliament.
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Centre lauds Telangana govt for its agriculture schemes
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): The Union Agriculture Ministry appreciated the Telangana Government's innovative agriculture schemes like Rythu Bandhu and formation of Rythu Samanvaya Samithies, said the office of the Chief Minister (CMO) on Thursday.
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Swarms of locusts active in parts of Rajasthan, UP: Agriculture Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday said that swarms of immature pink locust and adult yellow locust are active in parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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