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Farmers launch 10-day long nationwide strike starting today
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Friday started a 10-day nationwide strike demanding waiver of loans, right price for their crops and implementation of recommendations of Swaminath
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Thunderstorm: UP farmers suffer loss of mango crop
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kanpur (Lucknow) [UP], May 15 (ANI): Apart from inflicting loss of lives and properties, the recent thunderstorm has also destroyed the mango harvest in northern India.
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Farmer dies standing in queue to sell his crop in Amethi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 05 (ANI: A farmer died here on Saturday while standing in a queue to sell his crop.
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PM Modi govt looks at AI to boost crop yield
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 05 (ANI): To improve crop productivity and farmers' incomes, the Centre may take the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the same and introduce in some parts of the country initially.
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Cleaner Cooking Fuel for 300 Million by 2021 - Randeep Agarwal
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (NewsVoir): Globally, there are approximately 1.4 billion people without access to electricity and 2.7 billion people who rely on solid fuel (wood, crop residue, dung and coal) for cooking. The use of these traditional cooking fuels creates several significant pr
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Five FinTech platforms to meet unaccounted expenses
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): In several instances, individuals who budget their expenses, end up spending more, primarily due to unaccounted or unforeseen circumstances which crop up. However, the introduction of new technology has played a pivotal role in helping individuals avail quic
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MSP will ensure fair price for farmer's produce: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 25 (ANI): Acknowledging the importance of farmers for the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the new Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced in the Union Budget 2018, will ensure farmers get a fair price for their produce.
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Maharashtra farmer who destroyed crop over low pay gets compensation
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Aurangabad [Maharashtra] [India], Mar 22 (ANI): A farmer in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra on Wednesday got Rs 1 lakh in compensation after he destroyed his crop for not getting good revenue of his product in the market.
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NITI Aayog to devise mechanism to fix MSP of crops
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): The NITI Aayog is reportedly working on devising a mechanism for the implementation of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for different agricultural crops.
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KCR Govt to allocate Rs. 12,000 cr for crop investment support
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Feb.26 (ANI): The Telangana government will allocate Rs. 12,000 crores for the farmers in the agriculture budget under the farmers investment support scheme (FISS).
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New bio-policy to double farmer income by 2022: PM
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) India, Feb 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted that the Uttar Pradesh government has initiated a new bio-policy in the state to reduce crop-grain-fruits and waste of vegetables.
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India-China share good relations: Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that India and China share good relations and if any differences crop up between the two nations on border issues, then talks will be held.
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