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India ready for further cooperation with Sri Lanka in water, sanitation, a
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 16 (ANI): Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, has called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during which he conveyed that New Delhi was ready for further cooperation with Colombo in water, sanitation, agriculture and manufacturing in
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MSP, govt procurement important for country's food security, here to stay:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Once again terming the three recent agricultural reforms "a very important step in improving the agriculture sector of the country and increasing the income of farmers", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Minimum Support Price (MSP) and gove
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Surguja villagers oppose Chhattisgarh govt's plan to expand area of propos
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Surguja (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 16 (ANI): The residents of villages which are falling under the area prescribed for the formation of Lemru Elephant Reserve are opposing the project as they are in the fear that they may get displaced and they will have no lands to carry out agricultur
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PM Modi releases commemorative coin to mark FAO's 75th anniversary
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): On the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark the long-standing relation of India with FAO.
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240 cases of stubble burning surfaced since Oct 1 in UP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 16 (ANI): Devesh Chaturvedi, Uttar Pradesh's Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture on Thursday said that since October 1 this year, about 240 cases of stubble burning have surfaced.
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Farmers' leaders walk out of meeting with agriculture secretary, tear copi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): A meeting between the leaders of 29 farmers' unions and Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agarwal to discuss the recently enacted farm laws on Wednesday turned out to be fruitless.
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PM to release commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark FAO's 75th
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): On the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on October 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark the long-standing relation of India with FAO.
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Time for employees of Agriculture Department to become farmer-friendly, wo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 14 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the time had come for the employees of Agriculture Department to become farmer-friendly and work with more dedication, commitment and coordination as the State government is working for t
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Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Narendra Singh Tomar discuss farm laws w
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday held a meeting with agriculture experts over farm laws.
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Union Ministers reach out to Punjab farmers over new farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As part of efforts to reach out to farmers in Punjab to explain benefits of agriculture laws and counter opposition criticism, union ministers are holding press conferences and interactions covering various districts of Punjab that will continue over t
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Farm Laws: Rajnath Singh, Narendra Singh Tomar hold talks with agriculture
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar held a meeting on Tuesday with agriculture experts over Farm Laws.
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Despite low rain, valley reaps 'record-breaking' paddy crop
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 13 (ANI): Despite low rainfall in the region, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are expecting a "record-breaking" harvest of 10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy this season.
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