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Haryana government mulling emergency fund for farmers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 12 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister JP Dalal on Monday said that state government is considering a proposal to create an emergency fund to provide immediate financial assistance to farmers during an emergency.
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Amritsar MP urges PM Modi to resume trade with Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider the opening of diplomatic channels for the resumption of trade with Pakistan and allow agricultural products from East Punjab to ge
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CPI workers hold protest in Rameswaram over Centre's Agriculture Law, Fish
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) workers held a protest here in Thangachimadam demanding the withdrawal of the new agricultural laws and the National Fisheries Policy introduced by the Centre.
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Centre continues procurement of Kharif crops at MSP from farmers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): With the commencement of the Kharif marketing season, the Central government is continuing to procure Kharif crops at its minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said on Monday.
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To counter Congress propaganda against farm laws, BJP fields eight Union M
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amid Congress attempts to intensify stir against new farm laws in the States ruled by the party, with a focus on Punjab, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to rope in Union Ministers to counter the narrative against Narendra Modi government's ambiti
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Not advisable to go in for corn cultivation in state: Agriculture Experts
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Agriculture experts and officials have advised Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao against maize cultivation in the State in view of adverse conditions in the country for the crop and storage of corn.
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Postman to get Goa farmers enrolled in PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 10 (ANI): In the country's first and unique drive, the Goa government has tied up with India Posts to get 11,000 farmers enrolled in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar said on Friday.
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Hold direct talks with farmers: Sukhbir Singh Badal to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmers' organisations as well as all other stakeholders.
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Rahul only makes vague promises: MP minister targets Congress again on loa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Once again targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his pre-poll promise of waiving farm loans within 10 days of coming to power in Madhya Pradesh, state Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel on Friday said the Congress leader had made vague pr
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GDP to contract by 9.5 pc in FY21, may turn positive by Q4: RBI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 9 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday projected gross domestic product (GDP) contracting by 9.5 per cent in the current financial year amid disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic which may turn positive in the last quarter (January to
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Centre sanctions Rs 4 crore for upgrading soil testing labs in J&K
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 8 (ANI): Aiming at boosting the agriculture sector and the farmers' income in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government sanctioned Rs 4 crore to upgrade soil testing labs in the valley.
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Reforms in education, labour, agriculture impact almost every Indian: PM M
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has undertaken a trinity of reforms in the field of education, labour and agriculture and together they impact almost every Indian.
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