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Amid power shortage, Punjab CM directs govt offices to function from 8 am
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 1 (ANI): With the state reeling under an unprecedented power shortage amid extreme temperatures, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered curtailment in timings of state government offices from tomorrow, and cutting down of power supply to hi
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Chhattisgarh CM appeals to farmers to start 'Roka-Chheka' from July 1 to p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 27 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday urged farmers to start 'Roka-Chheka' campaign in their respective villages from July 1 to protect Kharif crops.
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Facebook page backing Shivakumar as next CM candidate in K'taka crops up
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 23 (ANI): Amid the speculation of a rift within the Karnataka unit of Congress over the chief ministerial candidate, a social media page has cropped up backing Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar as a candidate for the Chief Minister post.
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J-K: Panchayat in Udhampur helps farmers to double income from agriculture
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 22 (ANI): In line with the clarion call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the farmers' income across the country by 2022, the Udhampur administration has helped the farmers in a panchayat in the district to achieve this goal successfully.
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Odisha CM announces special relief package for Cyclone Yaas-hit farmers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 11 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a special relief package for the farmers in Cyclone Yaas affected districts of the state, where the Cyclonic storm destroyed crops in many places, causing extensive damage to livestock,
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Modi government committed to double farmers' income: Nadda
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Wednesday lauded the union cabinet's decision to hike in MSP of kharif crops and said it shows that the Modi government is determined to double the farmer's income.
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Cabinet approves increase in MSP of Kharif crops for marketing season 2021
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): In a bid to increase the farmers' income, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2021-22.
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Odisha: 10,644 villages, 75 lakh people affected due to Cyclone 'Yaas', in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 9 (ANI): As many as 10,644 villages across 11 districts of Odisha, more than 75 lakh people and 12.77 lakh livestock have been affected due to the Cyclone 'Yaas' while the standing crops on about 6348.4 hectares of land suffered damage, according to a go
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Selling crops grown on temple land? Official in UP's Banda says show Aadha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Banda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 8(ANI): Priests and caretakers in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district are flummoxed as they have been asked to produce the Aadhaar cards of 'gods', if they wanted to sell produce of crops grown on lands belonging to temples and temple mutts.
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PM Modi praises farmers, says record agri output, procurement even during
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the farmers across the country and pointed out that there was a record production of crops even during the COVID pandemic.
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Study highlights need to prevent spread of plant pandemics
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Montreal [Canada], May 22 (ANI): Plant diseases don't stop at national borders and miles of oceans don't prevent their spread, either.
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Chhattisgarh govt to provide input subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre on farmin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to provide an input subsidy of Rs 10,000 per acre to the farmers who will utilize the paddy cultivation area for farming of other identified Kharif crops, in place of paddy, from upcoming Kharif season
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