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Punjab CM's sit-in protest at Khatkar Kalaan is 'shameful political nautan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 28 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday termed the sit-in protest by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh as "shameful political nautanki" and alleged that "Singh's claim of farmers' struggle in Punjab turning vi
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BJD to form panel of MLAs, MPs, farmer leaders to study farm laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 28 (ANI): Biju Janta Dal (BJD) has decided to form a committee of MLAs, MPs and leading farmer leaders to study the provisions of the recently enacted farm laws.
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Andhra Govt launches YSR Jala Kala scheme to facilitate irrigation to farm
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 28 (ANI): In a bid to a roll out a green carpet on the uplands and arid terrain, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday launched the 'YSR Jala Kala' scheme, under which bore wells will be drilled to benefit small and medium
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Retired civil servants issue statement in support of farm sector laws
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): A group of former public servants on Monday lent its support to the farm reform laws enacted by the Centre government and condemned the "surreptitious practices of vested interests" which it claimed were misleading and misguiding the farmers and discred
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Congress trying to create confusion about Farm Acts: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Congress was putting the interests of the farmers in jeopardy by trying to create confusion among the farmers about the three Farm Acts.
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No plan to increase rate of DAP and NPK fertilizers: IFFCO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has reiterated that it has no plan to increase the Maximum Retail Price of DAP and NPK fertilizers.
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APMCs not shut, but sell produce wherever you get fair price: Yediyurappa
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Invoking his lineage to a farmer's family, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday requested the protesting farmers to wait for another six months to a year and see how the new Farm Acts help them in long run.
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BJP govt harmful to farmers: Congress protest against new Farm Acts in Ben
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led governments at the Centre and the state will not be able to suppress the farmers, the Karnataka Congress held a massive protest during a bandh called against the three new Farm Acts, in Ben
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Farmers will become self-sufficient with new agriculture laws: Ravi Shanka
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said farmers of the country will now become self-sufficient with the new agriculture laws.
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Congress MP TN Prathapan approaches SC against recently passed farm law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Congress MP TN Prathapan on Monday approached the Supreme Court against the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, which recently received the assent of the President.
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After bumper crop, Udhampur walnut farmers seek govt help in selling produ
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 28 (ANI): After getting a bumper crop of walnuts in Udhampur's Panchari area, farmers now seek help from the Jammu and Kashmir administration in marketing the produce which has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Common farmers are with government: Ramdas Athawale
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said common farmers are with the government as the recently passed agriculture laws are beneficial for them.
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