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Punjab Minister sits on hunger strike to express solidarity with farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], December 24 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the Punjab farmers on three Agriculture Laws, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla sat on one-day hunger-strike on Wednesday in Sangrur.
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PM Modi to release PM-KISAN instalment on Vajpayee's birth anniversary to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release Rs 18,000 crore in the accounts of over nine crore farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme on the
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Ready to 'add or subtract' from proposal sent, tell us date for discussion
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that the government is ready for a discussion at the time and date chosen by farmers' unions. The Union Minister also urged them to inform him on what they want to "add and subtract" from the go
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Congress to submit two crore signatures to President against farm laws, se
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): A Congress delegation led by party leader Rahul Gandhi will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on December 24 and submit around two crore signatures to him against the new farm laws.
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Farmer leaders from UP, Delhi meet Tomar, extend support to farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Members of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Noida, and Indian Kisan Union, New Delhi, on Tuesday met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and said that the new farm laws were in the interest of farmers and should not be taken back.
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Virtual buyer-seller meet held to boost India-Thailand agri-food trade
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], December 22 (ANI): In a move to boost the exports of India's agricultural and processed food products, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in collaboration with the Indian Embassy in Thailand, organised a virtual Buyer Seller Mee
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Piyush Goyal assures Bangladesh of India's cooperation in ensuring barrier
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): India on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of complete cooperation in ensuring barrier-free trade between the two countries and said that together the two countries can aspire for a better future for people, particularly farmers.
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At Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, Tomar says farm acts envisa
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the three farm acts brought by the central government are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far which will benefit farmers and strengthen Indian agriculture which is the bac
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Fijian govt takes swift action to help cyclone-affected farmers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
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Did not receive invite for meeting from Centre, says Bhartiya Kisan Union
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 22 (ANI): Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday said that their organisation has not received any meeting invitation from Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar yet.
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Mamata Banerjee writes to Union Agri Minister, seeks transfer of funds to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 21 (ANI): Amidst ongoing farmers' agitation against the farm laws, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar requesting a transfer of funds under the central government's PM Kisan S
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Welfare of farmers, agriculture industry at core of govt initiatives, says
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protests, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that the welfare of farmers and the agriculture industry is at the core of all Centre's initiatives and that the Narendra Modi government is doing its best to bring ab
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