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Manipur farmers all praise for new integrated farming technique
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Many farmers from Manipur who adopted integrated farming say the new method has yielded better quality produce with higher output.
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No child should die in any corner of the country: Union Agri Minister on M
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday expressed sadness over the deaths of infants in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh and said that he will request the Kamal Nath led the government to take substantial steps to avoid such incidents in futu
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Drones to revolutionise fruit farming!
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): The word 'drone' often invokes images of things like aerial photography or launching missiles and bombs in warzones, but since recreantly, these ingenious and gravity-defying marvels of engineering are finding new applications in areas nobody would have th
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Maharashtra loan waiver to cost at Rs 45,000 crore to 51,000 crore: SBI
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The newly-formed Maharashtra government's announcement to waive off loans up to Rs 2 lakh for farmers with a cut-off date of September 30, 2019 and providing relief to non-defaulting farmers who have a loan above Rs 2 lakh can cost at between Rs 45,
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Eight states finalise action plan to boost agriculture export
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Eight states have finalised their action plan to set up agri-product clusters to boost agriculture export, working in line with the Central government's plan to double export and farmer's income as well.
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Haryana approves 212 schemes of around Rs 201 cr to protect agriculture la
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): As many as 212 new schemes costing around Rs 201 crore were approved at the 51st meeting of Haryana State Drought Relief and Flood Control Board (HSDR&FCB) held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday.
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Vertical farming envisages profitable and suitable agriculture business
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 04 (ANI/NewsVoir): A silent revolution is underway in the agriculture sector, which is going to be quite evident in the days to come. With the global population is set to reach near ten billion marks by 2050, the food production must increase by 70 per cent, estimate
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Puducherry minister takes bus after cooperative petrol bunk refuses fuel f
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Puducherry Agriculture Minister R Kamalakannan was forced to travel by a public bus from Karaikal to Puducherry to attend a Cabinet meeting on Friday after a petrol bunk refused to supply diesel for his car.
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Agriculture has key role in making India $ 5 trillion economy: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that agriculture has a key role to play in helping the country achieve its goal of becoming five trillion dollar economy and the government was focusing on formulating a cash crop and export-centric far
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Old-age home lovebirds tie knot in Kerala's Thrissur
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): An old age home witnessed unusual and joyous moments when two of its inmates, who fell in love in their 60s, tied the knots in the presence of state Minister VS Sunil Kumar on Saturday.
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Agritech platform Safal Fasal launched in India to improve farmer liveliho
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Dec 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a bid to resolve farmer woes and create supply chain efficiency in agriculture, global fintech solution provider BPC has launched Safal Fasal, a digital platform that gives small and marginal farmers greater access to finance, technol
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JSPL Foundation to honour 17 individuals and 10 organisations with Rashtri
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 18 (ANI): JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power would confer Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman, a unique initiative to recognize and honour social innovators and Change Agents in India, upon 17 individuals and 10 organisations.
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