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MSP in threat as agricultural sector will be privatised under farm laws, s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
BHOPAL (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 7 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said that the central government will privatise the agricultural sector with the help of these farm laws and farmers will not be able to get Minimum Support Prize (MSP) for their pr
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Omkar Rai Tops Global IoT Influencer in Nov 2020, Reports Global Magazine
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): While the nation is embroiled in debates over the farm bills, India got its 'Hall of Fame' moment with Dr Omkar Rai's tweet on agriculture Internet of Things (IoT) became the most popular one during the month of November 2020, reports Verdict. 'Ve
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MoS Agriculture Kailash Choudhary urges farmers to keep protest peaceful,
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): The Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary on Thursday made an appeal to the agitating farmers to keep the protest march peaceful and emphasised that government was hopeful of a resolution tomorrow.
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Those leading farmers stir today recommended agri laws as reforms for Cong
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New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Sanjay Nath Singh, the eldest grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who gave the popular slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan', met the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to extend support to farm laws.
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Farm unions will actively arrive at solution after discussion, says Tomar
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New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said those farmer unions, which are protesting against the farm laws, will understand the idea behind bringing laws for reforms in the agricultural sector and actively arrive at a solution after
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Five states confirmed bird flu cases till now
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Governments Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have reported cases on bird flu till now, Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Food Processing, Sanjeev Balyan said on Wednesday.
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Central govt doing politics over farmers' protest, alleges Shiv Sena
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 6 (ANI): Alleging that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government is doing politics over farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws, Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the government at the Centre does not want to resolve farmers' issues and i
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Urdu Bulletin: Farmers stir, SC's nod to Central Vista project covered pro
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New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Various Urdu publications have given priority coverage to the farmer protests at Delhi's borders and their proposed tractor march to the national capital. Most of these publications have also carried reports that the Supreme Court has given the go-ahead t
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Paddy procurement rises by 24.98 pc compared to last year
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New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Tuesday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 24.98 per cent with purchase of over 506.33 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy up to January 4 against 405.10 LMT la
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Farmer unions to boycott NDA partners, celebrate 'Azad Hind Kisan Diwas' o
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New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): As the deadlock prevails after several rounds of talks with the Centre, farmer unions on Tuesday hinted at intensifying their protest against contentious agriculture laws and said that they would boycott Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in Natio
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Agriculture Minister Tomar-led consultative committee to discuss reforms u
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New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): With the farmers' agitation in full swing and the central government making an effort to resolve the deadlock over its ambitious farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is ensuring that the agenda on reforms should continue.
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Govt should repeal farm laws to solve farmers' problems: Kumari Selja
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New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): Launching an attack on the BJP-led Union government, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Kumari Selja on Monday said the government should repeal the three agriculture sector laws if it wants to solve the problems and issues of agitating f
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