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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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Farmers complain of fake paddy seeds in Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Paddy farmers in Machilipatnam, Guduru, and surrounding villages on Monday approached 'Spandana', the grievance redressal cell of state government, complaining that they got some "fake" seeds in the lieu of paddy seeds resulting in loss of their
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Annual Chilly Mela at Hubli kicks off
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka)[India], Feb 8 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Karnataka state minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday inaugurated the 'chilly mela' (fair) here, organised by the government to help the chilly farmers of the state market their crops.
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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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Locust-hit Barmer farmers stage protest, demand special relief package
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan ) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Gudamalani of Rajasthan's Barmer district on Wednesday held a day-long demonstration, demanding compensation for their crops lost in the locust attack.
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Pak declares national emergency to combat locusts
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 3 (ANI): The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to combat swarms of desert locusts destroying crops on a large scale in the eastern province of Punjab, local media reported.
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Massive locust invasion contained in Rajasthan's Ganganagar, say officials
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Massive Locust invasion which was threatening the crops of Ganganagar farmers and other nearby areas, has been contained by the state agriculture department.
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Capt Amarinder requests PM Modi to take up locust menace in Punjab with Pa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Concerned over the spate of locust attacks on crops in areas of south Punjab, bordering Rajasthan, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct External Affairs ministry and the Indian High Commissio
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Telangana women farmers lead the way to safer agriculture
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Farmer Radhika Anishetty, 32, of Narsingana village in Jaishankar Bhupalapally district (erstwhile Warangal district) of Telangana, used to stock at least five cans of harmful pesticides at home for up to three months, to be sprayed periodicall
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Unseasonal rain, hailstorm destroys crops in Haryana's Rohtak
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm caused significant damage to crops in Haryana's Rohtak.
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Rajasthan CM meets locust-attack affected farmers in Barmer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 03 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday met the farmers of Barmer whose crops have been ravaged due to a locust attack, the worst in about two decades.
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