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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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Alert issued in Haryana in view of locust attack
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Jai Prakash Dalal on Thursday said that an alert has been issued in the state after the reports of locust attack in Punjab and Rajasthan and that the teams have been formed to stop locust attack an
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Apples worth Rs 70.45 crore procured directly from Kashmiri farmers till J
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Continuing with its bid to boost the agriculture sector in Kashmir, the National Agriculture Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has procured apples worth Rs 70.45 crore directly from the growers in the Valley till January 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir governm
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Govt announces 16-point action plan to double farmers' income
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech in Parliament on Saturday proposed 16 action points to revive the struggling agriculture sector by doubling farmers' income.
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Budget to provide relief to poor, farmers: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the focus of the Modi government is to give poor people and farmers relief and thus the budget has allocated Rs 2,83,000 crore for agriculture.
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Budget seeks to strengthen grassroots of economy: Walmart India
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): President and CEO at Walmart India Krish Iyer said on Saturday the Union Budget 2020-21 seeks to strengthen grassroots of the economy with its positive push towards the creation of strong agriculture infrastructure.
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Massive locust invasion contained in Rajasthan's Ganganagar, say officials
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Massive Locust invasion which was threatening the crops of Ganganagar farmers and other nearby areas, has been contained by the state agriculture department.
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Will encourage state governments to adopt three central model laws pertain
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Centre will encourage those state governments, which implement three central model laws related to agriculture and farming.
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Rs 2.83 lakh crore outlay for agriculture
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of Rs 2.83 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sector for the financial year 2020-21.
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Indian Railways to set up Kisan Rail: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Indian Railways will set up a Kisan Rail through public-private partnership model, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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Economic Survey lays stress on investment in social infrastructure, mecha
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Investment in social infrastructure is a pre-requisite for inclusive growth and employment and expenditure on social services by the Centre and States increased from 7.68 lakh crore in 2014-15 to 15.79 lakh crore in 2019-20 (Budget Estimate), says Economic S
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President's address at joint session parliament was very balanced and sort
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind's address at the joint session of parliament was very balanced and sorted, keeping in mind the needs of the country's citizens, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
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