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Women's agricultural labour linked to increasing rate of malnutrition in I
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): Indian women's unaccounted contribution in the agriculture sector has a negative impact on the nutrition levels of members of the households, which contributes in increasing the rate of malnutrition among children, recent findings suggest.
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Slowdown in agriculture, manufacturing may pull GDP down to 6.6 pc: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [Britain], June 18 (ANI): Global rating agency Fitch Ratings has cut forecast for India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 6.6 per cent for the current fiscal 2019-20, from 6.8 per cent projected three months ago, largely due to persistent slowdown in manufacturing and agricultu
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Interim Budget: PM-KISAN draws mixed response from farmers
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Farmers and their concerned organizations across India seem to be divided on the central government’s latest announcement to introduce a new scheme in the agriculture sector which will entail payment of Rs 6,000 annually to each of the 12 crore margin
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Govt announces new scheme to give Rs 6000 annually to 12 cr marginal farme
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government on Friday announced a new scheme in the agriculture sector which will entail payment of Rs 6,000 annually to each of the 12 crore marginal farmers in the country.
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Need Reforms in agriculture sector if we want to double farmer's income: N
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Doubling Farmers Income by 2022 cannot be achieved if we are not able to bring reforms in Agriculture sector, said that government think tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday.
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Need to overcome difficulties of data shortage in food, agriculture sector
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asserted that there is a need to overcome the difficulties arising out of non-availability of appropriate statistical data pertaining to food and agriculture sectors.
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Telangana tops in GSDP with revenue growth of 29.97% for FY 2018-19: KCR
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Jan 1 (ANI): Telangana is a role model for the cause of farmers and it is at the top in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the country with revenue growth of 29.97 per cent for the financial year 2018-19, said the state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KC
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KCR lists medical health, education, irrigation as priority
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday affirmed that along with the agriculture sector, his government will now work to improve the health and education sector in the state on a priority basis.
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Agriculture sector, employment for youth top priorities: Kamal Nath
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Dec 14 (ANI): The newly elected Madhya Pradesh government's top priorities would be agriculture sector and employment for the youth, said Congress leader Kamal Nath, who will take oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on December 17.
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VP Naidu calls for greater support in agriculture sector
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 02 (ANI): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for greater support by those engaged in the agriculture sector.
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Now, grow indoor crops, vegetables in Japanese style
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 17 (ANI): Agriculture sector in Japan is facing a wide range of challenges including aging farmers, decline in the number of young people who want to work in fields and increase of abandoned farmlands.
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Right knowledge of MGNREGA can bring radical change: UP CM
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said a radical change could happen in the agriculture sector by enhancing farmers' knowledge on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA).
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