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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Telangana Cabinet decides to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in vill
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Telangana Cabinet which met here on Saturday decided to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in villages, in a bid to ensure that farmers do not face problems in the view of the ongoing Covid-pandemic.
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BJP won't understand hardships of Xetkari as they promote Saavkari, says G
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy in pleasing 'Crony Capitalists' while pushing their agenda of 'Savkaari' and hence BJP Government doesn't understand the hardships of 'Xetkaris', said GPCC president Girish Chodankar on Saturday.
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Postman to get Goa farmers enrolled in PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 10 (ANI): In the country's first and unique drive, the Goa government has tied up with India Posts to get 11,000 farmers enrolled in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar said on Friday.
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Karnataka court orders registration of FIR against Kangana over tweet on f
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], October 9 (ANI): A Karnataka court on Friday ordered registration of an FIR against actor Kangana Ranaut for her now-deleted tweet on farmers' protests over recently passed farm laws.
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CM Amarinder Singh accuses SAD of trying to 'hijack' farmers' agitation in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the issue of new farm laws and accused the party of trying to "hijack" the farmers' agitation in the state.
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Hold direct talks with farmers: Sukhbir Singh Badal to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmers' organisations as well as all other stakeholders.
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Farmers whose crops were damaged will get relief money: CM Chouhan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that farmers whose crops have been damaged will be provided with relief funds and the money will be given through the crop insurance scheme.
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AAP holds protest, asks Punjab CM to hold all-party meeting over farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on Friday staged a protest outside the Punjab Assembly and demanded that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh should convene an all-party meeting over farm laws in which farmer organizations, farm experts and other stakehold
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Nearly 70 per cent increase in coverage of area cultivated under free crop
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): There has been nearly 70 per cent increase in coverage of area cultivated under Andhra Pradesh government's free crop insurance scheme, implemented during 2019-20 rabi season, while the sum insured to farmers has doubled, said the Chief Mi
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Sensitise farmers against stubble burning, which can worsen COVID situatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Asserting that many panchayats have passed resolutions against stubble burning, Punjab Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Aruna Chaudhary on Friday urged the rest to sensitise the farmers against the menace, which could exacerbate the C
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J-K: Udhampur farmers yield double profits with 'Jeevika' scheme
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 9 (ANI): Farmers in Udhampur have yielded better harvests utilizing the 'Jeevika' scheme this season, according to the beneficiaries.
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