Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao hit out at the Congress-led Telangana government and alleged the latter of blatantly cheating farmers under the pretext of loan waivers.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) MD US Awasthi met with Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister JP Nadda at his office in the national capital on Wednesday.
The Deputy Chief Minister also mentioned that Rs 70 crore would be spent on the improvement and expansion of various roads and the construction of bridges in the Haroli Assembly Constituency.
Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G. Kishan Reddy on Wednesday slammed the Congress government in the state for not fulfilling the pre-poll promise of farmers' loan waiver.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working President KTR announced that the party will hold protests in all Mandal and Constituency centres on August 22, demanding an unconditional loan waiver for all farmers in the state.
Telangana Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy has praised the agricultural loan waiver implemented by the Telangana government under the leadership of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, and Agriculture Minister Nageshwar Rao.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini in a farmers association meeting in Chandigarh said that the government will ensure 100% purchase of crops at MSP (Minimum Support Price).
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday held a meeting with the employees and officers of both the Ministries of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development from sweepers, MTS to Secretary Level.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that to ensure farmers benefit from modern scientific developments, the Centre will start a monthly talk show on the radio from September called 'Kisano Ki Baat'.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar asserted that the caste census should be conducted to get the exact number of population of tribal, SCs, OBCs, minorities etc which will ultimately assist the Centre in devising policies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for major reforms in the farm sector on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day celebrations and emphasised efforts to make farmers' lives better.