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NTPC to issue tenders for farmers to buy farm stubble
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Power Minister R.K Singh today said that the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will soon issue tenders to buy farm stubble.
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Punjab CM seeks incentive for farmers to prevent stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking compensation for farmers for crop resident management, with a view to check stubble burning, one of the major contributors to the toxic smog
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Vitamin E find paves way for 'more nutritious' maize
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 2 (ANI): Maize, long a staple crop, could soon become more nutritious.
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UP Minister's convoy destroys crops, farmer breaks down
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): At a time when the farmers' outcry in the country go in vain, a Uttar Pradesh Minister's convoy drove over a farmer's land in Jalaun and destroyed the farm produce.
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Capital breathes deadly air after Diwali pollution
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 25 (ANI): The air quality of New Delhi plunged, with over dozens of instances of crop burning in the nearby cities and toxic pollutants all around.
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3rd installment under Crop Loan Waiver Scheme released: Andhra Government
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 24(ANI): Agriculture Minister of Andhra Pradesh Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Monday announced the release of third installment under Crop Loan Waiver Scheme.
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MP CM assures help to drought affected farmers
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has assured assistance to the drought affected farmers of the state and also announced a compensation for the loss of their crops.
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Punjab farmers burn stubble to protest prohibition orders
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Sheikhupura (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Following the lead of farmers in Sangrur, farmers in Sheikhupura village of Gurdaspur district also burnt crop residue on Thursday to protest government's prohibitory orders on stubble burning.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu gave Rs. 15 lakh to farmers whose crops were damaged in
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 4 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet Minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday gave Rs. 15 Lakh to farmers who lost their crops due to fire that broke out in the fields of few villages in Punjab's Amritsar city in April.
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MP: Low yield, heavy debts drive farmer to commit suicide
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A farmer allegedly committed suicide in Sehore's Dabla village on Sunday due to reduced crop yield and heavy debts.
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Khawaja Asif to meet Tillerson to defuse tensions between Pak, US
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will meet U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to resume bilateral talks and to discuss ways to remove tensions that cropped up after United States President Donald Tr
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CropIn Technologies' product gains validation from World Bank
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): CropIn Technologies are the chosen technology partners in a public private partnership project of the Government of India and World Bank for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate Change (SLACC) Project.
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