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PM Modi discusses employment, agriculture with economists, experts ahead o
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI) Days before the presentation of Union Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held an interactive session with over 40 economists and experts on key issues of macro-economy, employment, agriculture, and water resources, exports, education, and hea
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PM Modi deliberates on employment, agriculture with economists, experts ah
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI) Days before the presentation of Union Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held an interactive session with over 40 economists and experts on key issues of macro-economy, employment, agriculture, and water resources, exports, education, and hea
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Centre to use digital technology to transform agriculture, double farmers'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): In a bid to double farmers' income by the year 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is set to use digital technology to modernise and organise agricultural activities in rural India.
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Conspiracy hatched to defame litchi produced in Bihar: State Agriculture M
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jun 21 (ANI): Bihar Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar on Friday came out with a theory claiming that a conspiracy was hatched to defame litchi produced in the state, following an outbreak of encephalitis in Muzaffarpur district which has claimed lives of 122 children.
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Centre will spend Rs 25 lakh crore to enhance agricultural productivity: P
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 20 (ANI): In order to enhance agricultural productivity, an investment of Rs 25 lakh crore will be made in the coming years, said President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday.
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AES crisis: If any negligence, action will be taken against guilty, says A
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 19 (ANI): Action will be taken against the doctors and others if they are found guilty of negligence in treating the patients of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur, said Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar here on Wednesday.
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Strict action will be taken against firm selling unapproved cotton seeds:
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Akola (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): Strict action will be taken against the companies which are selling unapproved cotton seeds to farmers in the state, said Agriculture Minister Sadabhau Khot on Tuesday.
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Slowdown in agriculture, manufacturing may pull GDP down to 6.6 pc: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [Britain], June 18 (ANI): Global rating agency Fitch Ratings has cut forecast for India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 6.6 per cent for the current fiscal 2019-20, from 6.8 per cent projected three months ago, largely due to persistent slowdown in manufacturing and agricultu
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S Korea completes quarantine against African swine fever near DMZ
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jun 16 (ANI): South Korea's agriculture ministry announced on Sunday that quarantine measures against African swine fever near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) had been completed, after an outbreak of the fever was confirmed by Pyongyang on May 30.
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PM Modi announces 'high level task force' to bring structural reform in ag
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a high-level task force to bring structural reforms in agriculture in the country, said NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar here on Saturday.
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MoS Finance holds pre-Budget consultation trade unions
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Representatives from various trade unions and labour organisations on Saturday called for alignment of skill development initiatives with aspirations of rural youth with a focus on agriculture.
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'Lakshya' students excel in MHT-CET (2019)
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] June 13 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The State Common Entrance Test Cell (Maharashtra State) has declared the results for MHT-CET examinations today. A total of 4,13,284 candidates registered for the MHT-CET conducted in May 2019. A total of 3,92,354 students appear
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