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Himachal: Apple growers take out protest rally in Shimla
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Following a call by the Sayunkt Kisan Morcha and All India Kisan Sabha, apple growers took out a nearly 70-kilometre-long car rally on Republic Day alleging that the policies of the Central government are "anti-farmer".
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Govt to implement Universal Carton Fruit Packaging Act: HP minister
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday announced the implementation of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and universal cartons for apple packaging and other horticulture produce in the state.
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Rahul Gandhi does not represent farmers, is resorting to 'lies', says Nare
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of "misleading farmers" on three new farm laws and asked if the Congress leader was "lying" in the party's manifesto for last Lok Sabha elections which talked o
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BJP trying to divert attention, says Sharad Pawar on letters to CMs
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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As Union Agri Minister, Pawar had sought amendment in APMC Act to give way
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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NCP issues clarification over Sharad Pawar's letters to Sheila Dikshit, Sh
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre over MSP, APMC, urges people to support fa
Updated : 5 years, 3 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, 3 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, 5 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, 5 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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Punjab govt did not forward assembly resolution against farm ordinances
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bathinda (Punjab) [India], September 29 (ANI): Former union minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday attacked Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh over the farm laws, saying his government had not forwarded the resolution passed by the state assembly l
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Sitharaman slams Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-ruled states on farm bills
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday targeted Congress over party chief Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-rules states to bypass farm laws brought by Centre through legislative measures and said the opposition party in its 2019 Lok Sabha ma
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