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Cong to organise press-conferences, Nukkad sabhas to reach farmers in UP
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Congress is likely to hold press-conferences in every district as part of its Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan for addressing the issue of farmers' distress.
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Immediate loan waiver for farmers, promises Maha Vikas Aghadi's CMP
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): The 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' alliance government of Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance in their common minimum programme (CMP) released on Thursday ahead of Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony as Chief Minister announced immediate and complete loan wai
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Convene meet of Insurance companies to expedite farmers' claims: Maharasht
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to convene a meeting of insurance companies to expedite the settlement of claims by farmers who lost their crops due to unseasonal rains in the state.
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Farmers' income will increase four-fold if they get seeds, water in time:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 10 (ANI): At a time when the Centre aims to double farmers' income by 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath opined that farmers' income will witness four-fold increase if they are given seeds, water, and other facilities on time.
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Famers call off stir after assurance by Maharashtra govt
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Farmers under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha have called off their agitation after the Maharashtra government assured them that their demands would be fulfilled.
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MP sanctions Rs 39.5 cr for famers whose crops hit by cold weather
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs 39.52 crores for the state's farmers whose crops have been destroyed by the intense cold weather accompanied with hailstorms in the past few weeks.
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Congress cheating farmers by offering loan waiver 'lollipops': PM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 29 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the loan waivers announced by the Congress governments as "lollipops" and asked the famers to beware, saying these are the means to "cheat" them to get "instant political benefits".
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Farmers bury themselves in sand over Cauvery water dispute
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu( [India], April 6 (ANI): Famers in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, partially buried themselves in the sand on the banks of the Cauvery River on Friday, demanding that the Central Government create the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) at the earliest.
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MP Govt. suspends former Mandsaur's collector, SP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday suspended two top officials, including former Mandsaur's District Collector Swatantra Kumar Singh and Superintendent of Police (SP) O P Tripathi, for failing to control the famers' agitati
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MP: Another Congress leader incites violence in protest-torn region
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Satna (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 12 (ANI): At a time when the agitating famers of Madhya Pradesh are planning to intensify their stir, a Congress leader has added fuel to the fire.
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