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BJP trying to divert attention, says Sharad Pawar on letters to CMs
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that BJP is trying to divert the attention by creating controversy over his letters written during his tenure as the union agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation to then Delhi ch
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After passing Contract Farming Act under its regime, Cong's opposition to
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Calling the opposition parties -- who supported Tuesday's Bharat bandh call by farmers -- "hypocrites", Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday appealed to the farmers to understand that the recently enacted farm laws,
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Bharat bandh: Pune APMC open, only for long-distance farmers to store prod
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 8 (ANI): The Pune APMC remained open on Tuesday even as the farmers, protesting against the new agriculture laws, called for a Bharat bandh.
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As Union Agri Minister, Pawar had sought amendment in APMC Act to give way
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 7 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has double standards over the new farm laws: During his tenure as Union Agriculture Minister, Pawar had sought an APMC Act
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TDP to give memorandum to district collectors for MSP and APMC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh)[India], December 7 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party on Monday said it will submit a memorandum to district collectors for including the assurance of Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in the newly enacted farm laws.
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NCP issues clarification over Sharad Pawar's letters to Sheila Dikshit, Sh
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 7 (ANI): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has issued a clarification after controversy erupted over letters written by party chief Sharad Pawar (when he was the agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation) to then Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshi
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Tomar urges farmer unions to give up agitation, says MSP will continue, AP
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar on Saturday said that APMCs will not be weakened and MSP will continue as he urged farmer unions to give up their agitation and solve their grievances through talks.
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Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre over MSP, APMC, urges people to support fa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the minimum support price (MSP) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and also urged citizens to support the protests led by farmers.
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MSP will continue, government will consider demand for registration of tra
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday reached out to protesting farmers over their demands, saying MSP will not be touched, the government was open to their suggestions for parity between mandis under APMC Act and those outside, f
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SAD poses four questions to Punjab CM over agricultural bills passed by as
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 25 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday asked Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh if he had annulled the central agri-marketing laws and when the new bills passed in the assembly would come into being.
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SAD gives 7-day ultimatum to Punjab CM to declare entire state notified Ma
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday gave a seven-day ultimatum to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for convening a special session of the Punjab assembly to declare the entire state a notified Mandi (Principal Market Area) and reject t
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Contract farming will not be detrimental to farmers: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that contract farming will not be detrimental for farmers and alleged that Congress was opposing agricultural reforms for "political reasons".
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