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Union Minister Piyush Goyal seeks help of chartered accountants to help fa
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Union Commerce and Food minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged chartered accountants to make farmers understand the benefits of the legislative reforms undertaken by the Centre.
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Farmer leaders hold talks in presence of Amit Shah; say no meeting with go
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Leaders of farmers unions on Tuesday held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal over their demands and said there will be no meeting with the government tomorrow and they wi
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Chhattisgarh farmers can get their grievances resolved through Dial 112 se
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 8 (ANI): Farmers can get their grievances resolved through Dial 112 service in Chhattisgarh, according to an official press release, on Tuesday.
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Rijiju bats for farm laws, says will ensure better prices to farmers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): As farmer protests continue at the gates of Delhi, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (I/C) and Minister of State, Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju has come out in support of the farm laws, on Tuesday.
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Farmers, businessmen from J-K take part in UAE-India Food Security Summit
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 8 (ANI): A delegation of farmers, growers, businessmen and government officials from Jammu and Kashmir is participating in the UAE-India Food Security Summit 2020, with an aim to promote horticulture produce of Union Territory in the international market and tap the Gul
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KTR takes part in 'Rasta Roko' protest to support farmers in Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranga Reddy (Telangana) [India], December 8 (ANI): As farmer protests continue to gain momentum, TRS working president and Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister KT Rama Rao took part in 'Rasta Roko' protest to support farmers' call of 'Bharat Bandh' on
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Bharat Bandh evokes lukewarm response in many states
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The Bharat Bandh called by farmers' organisations against the farm laws evoked mixed to poor response in many states on Tuesday.
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If amendments not possible, farm laws must be repealed, says Kalvakuntla K
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kamareddy (Telangana), December 8 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday supported the Bharat Bandh, stating that the three central farm laws will severely affect the farmers and the government must roll them back if it is not willing to make some amendment
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Scrutiny of farm bills by parliament panel would have prevented protest: G
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 8 (ANI): Had parliamentary proceedings been followed, the situation (ongoing farmers' protest at Delhi-border) would have not arisen, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here on Tuesday while hitting out at Central government.
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Wanted to join farmers as common man but they didn't let me go, says Kejri
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Hours after ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi claimed that the party president was put under house arrest in view of Bharat Bandh, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that he was "stopped" as he wanted to go to the border as a common man to
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Delhi Legal fraternity organises protest meetings at courts to support far
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The legal fraternity of Delhi on Tuesday organized protest meetings in various court complexes in the national capital in support of the farmers' agitation against what they called "anti-farmer and anti-advocate clauses" in the agricultural laws.
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Over 2 crore farmers to get Rs 4333.40 cr under central govt scheme in UP
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): As many as 216.67 lakh farmers in Uttar Pradesh will soon get Rs 4,333.40 crore under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi' scheme, said the state government on Tuesday.
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