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Country worried about income of farmers, trying to increase it continuousl
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that for the first time the country has worried about the income of the farmer and is continuously trying to increase their income.
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Walmart and Flipkart Group make additional investment in Ninjacart
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 13 (ANI): Walmart and the Flipkart Group have announced a fresh round of investment in Ninjacart, the startup disrupting India's fresh produce market with its business-to-business (B2B) supply chain infrastructure and technology solutions.
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Haryana government mulling emergency fund for farmers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 12 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister JP Dalal on Monday said that state government is considering a proposal to create an emergency fund to provide immediate financial assistance to farmers during an emergency.
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Amritsar MP urges PM Modi to resume trade with Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to consider the opening of diplomatic channels for the resumption of trade with Pakistan and allow agricultural products from East Punjab to ge
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Govt procured nearly 43 lakh tonne Kharif paddy from 3.57 lakh farmers at
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 begins, as much as 42.55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been purchased from 3.57 lakh farmers at a minimum support price valued at Rs 8032.62 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foo
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Punjab School Education Department intensifies campaign to make farmers aw
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 12 (ANI): The Punjab School Education Department on Monday said that it has intensified its campaign to make the farmers aware about the harmful effects of paddy straw burning on the environment.
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Centre continues procurement of Kharif crops at MSP from farmers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): With the commencement of the Kharif marketing season, the Central government is continuing to procure Kharif crops at its minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said on Monday.
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Cong alleges Shivraj Singh Chouhan corrupt, amassed wealth by ripping off
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 12 (ANI): While former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is a highly successful industrialist, the current CM and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan comes from a "poverty-stricken family" (bhooka nanga) and has amassed huge wealth by ripping off
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SC seeks Centre's response on pleas challenging farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government on a batch of petitions challenging the three farm laws, recently passed by the Parliament of India, claiming that the acts are "discriminatory and manifestly arbitrary" and will expose m
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Close to 700 cases of stubble burning reported from Punjab, Haryana betwee
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amidst increasing levels of air pollution in the national capital region, close to 700 cases of stubble burning were reported from Punjab and Haryana between September 21-29, according to sources in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (
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Congress party playing politics in the name of farmers: MoS Anurag Thakur
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Congress party was playing politics in the name of farmers at a time when the Central government was working to provide autonomy and independence to the farmers, said Anurag Thakur, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance and Corporate Af
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Telangana man who starved and prayed for Trump's recovery dies of cardiac
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Medak (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Bussa Krishna Raju, a farmer who "spent sleepless nights, starving and praying" for the United States President Donald Trump's recoverey from COVId-19, died of cardiac arrest in Medak on Sunday.
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