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PM Modi discusses ways to boost agriculture sector, bats for rapid reforms
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday deliberated on reforms required in the agriculture sector and stressed the need for making strategic interventions in the existing marketing eco-system.
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COVID-19 : Trump announces multi-billion-dollar relief for farmers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday announced USD 19 billion relief to the farmers amid the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallouts.
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Government initiates dialogue to resurrect agriculture sector exports amid
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): The central government has initiated a dialogue with exporters of agriculture and allied commodities to address the issues affecting the sector as a fallout of the nationwide lockdown, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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Punjab CM suggests extension of national lockdown at PM's video conference
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday recommended extension of the national lockdown by at least a fortnight while suggesting health and relief measures to the people in the state's COVID-19 battle, in addition to special concessions fo
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Cabinet approves Rs 1,340 crore recapitalisation of regional rural banks
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved Rs 1,340 crore recapitalisation of regional rural banks to improve their capital to risk-weighted assets ratio.
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Apples worth Rs 70.45 crore procured directly from Kashmiri farmers till J
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Continuing with its bid to boost the agriculture sector in Kashmir, the National Agriculture Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has procured apples worth Rs 70.45 crore directly from the growers in the Valley till January 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir governm
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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech in Parliament on Saturday proposed 16 action points to revive the struggling agriculture sector by doubling farmers' income.
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Vertical farming envisages profitable and suitable agriculture business
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): A silent revolution is underway in the agriculture sector, which is going to be quite evident in the days to come. With the global population is set to reach near ten billion marks by 2050, the food production must increase by 70 per cent, estimate
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Agriculture has key role in making India $ 5 trillion economy: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that agriculture has a key role to play in helping the country achieve its goal of becoming five trillion dollar economy and the government was focusing on formulating a cash crop and export-centric far
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Rs 4.91 lakh crore disbursed by PSBs in Oct and Nov
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Public sector banks (PSBs) disbursed Rs 2.39 lakh crore to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), corporates, retail and agriculture sector borrowers in November, raising the total disbursement since the launch of t
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ADB, Alibaba establish strategic partnership for rural vitalisation in Chi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Nov 21 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Alibaba Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in support of rural vitalisation in China by promoting development of internet-plus economy to help modernise the agriculture sector with the aim of helping el
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Chief Ministers call for radical reforms to transform agriculture sector
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Several chief ministers on Thursday called for radical reforms to transform agricultural sector with massive thrust on private investments, technological interventions and robust marketing infrastructure across the country.
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