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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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Contract farming will not be detrimental to farmers: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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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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APMCs not shut, but sell produce wherever you get fair price: Yediyurappa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Invoking his lineage to a farmer's family, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday requested the protesting farmers to wait for another six months to a year and see how the new Farm Acts help them in long run.
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INTUC, Left parties protest against farm laws, land reform ordinances in K
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Indian National Trade Union Congress and Left parties staged a protest at Chennamma Circle in Hubli, Karnataka, on Monday against the Central as well as state government, for the passage of farm sector reform laws, land reform ordinances, amendm
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KSRTC buses ply in Mangaluru despite bandh called by farmers in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses continue to ply on roads in Mangaluru despite a statewide bandh being observed by various farmers' organisations on Monday against the amendments to the agricultural produce market com
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Opposition is responsible for chaos in Rajya Sabha over farm bills but is
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): The Opposition is responsible for the chaos in the Rajya Sabha over the farm bills but is blaming the government, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday.
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Farm Bills will bring revolutionary changes, provide freedom to farmers: N
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Farm Bills will bring revolutionary changes in the lives of farmers as they can sell their produce to any buyer, get a guarantee of price of their crops, go for crop diversification, use new technology and reduce their input costs, said Agricultu
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