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Sonia Gandhi says lockdown unplanned, urges Centre to prepare Common Minim
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged the Centre to prepare and publish a Common Minimum Relief Programme, stating that it will alleviate several concerns of people triggered due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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ICAR issues advisory on harvesting and threshing crops amid coronavirus ou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 1 (ANI): The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Tuesday issued an advisory to farmers with regard to harvesting and threshing of Rabi crops and post-harvest, storage and marketing of farm produce in the wake of COVID-19 threat.
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Congress MLA urges Haryana CM to arrange for machinery for farmers to harv
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 31: Congress leader and Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to make arrangements like harvesting machines and combines (harvester) for the reaping of wheat and mustered crop amid nationwide lockdown.
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Centre extends crop loan interest benefits till May 31
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): In view of the situation arising out of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, the Centre has extended the benefit of 2 per cent interest subvention (IS) to banks and 3 per cent prompt repayment incentive (PRI) to all farmers till May 31 for all crop loans upto Rs
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Government exempts agriculture-farming from lockdown to ensure harvesting
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): In a relief to farmers during the lockdown, the government has granted relaxation to agriculture-farming and allied activities to ensure uninterrupted harvesting of crops.
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Harvesting, procurement of crops should be declared part of essential serv
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday said that harvesting and procurement operations should be declared part of essential services during the lockdown, saying that wheat in an area of 334 lakh hectare was ready to be harvested and a farmer will lose 40 per cent of stan
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Govt must ensure crop procurement : BS Hooda
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the government should assure farmers that their crops will be procured. He said that the government will bear the loss incurred to the farmers.
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MP Bajwa to move resolution in RS tomorrow urging Centre to improve agricu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa will be moving a resolution in the House on Friday seeking the Centre to promote crop diversification and improve the agricultural sector via the open procurement system.
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Rajasthan govt to mitigate sufferings of farmers caused by hailstorm, rain
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that the state government will do everything possible to mitigate the sufferings of farmers whose crops had been damaged by rain and hailstorm in the state in the past few days.
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Priyanka Gandhi demands compensation for damaged crops of UP farmers
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took up the cause of farmers of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and demanded compensation for them whose crops were destroyed in hailstorm and heavy rains.
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UP Chief Minister directs district magistrates to assess crop damage due t
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed district magistrates to assess the damage and send a report after the state was lashed with rain and hailstorm.
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Maharashtra Budget: Centre pays lip service to farmers, says Ajit Pawar
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): While presenting the maiden budget of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar accused the Centre of not doing enough for the farmers and claimed that the latter did not approve funds to help smal
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