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Punjab: Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continues 'rail roko' agitation
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continued their 'rail roko' agitation in Amritsar here, in protest against the farm Bills, recently passed in Parliament.
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Punjab: Rail roko agitation against farm bills extended till September 29
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): The rail roko farmers' agitation in Punjab, which was scheduled to conclude on September 26, has been extended by three days, Sarwan Singh Pandher, State Secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti informed on Friday.
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Agriculture sector reforms in interest of farmers, says Karnataka Minister
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), June 26 [India] (ANI): Replying to opposition's demand of revocation of Agriculture reform bills and Karnataka Land Reforms (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020, State Agriculture Minister BC Patil on Friday said that the Karnataka government will stick to the reforms as they
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Hope concerns of farmers will reach Centre: Amarinder Singh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday expressed hope that "concerns of farmers" on agriculture bills will reach the Centre and it will "gracefully back off from destroying farm sector".
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Andhra farmers' union demands free power scheme, not direct benefit transf
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): Members of the Andhra Pradesh Farmers Union on Friday staged a protest against the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and demanded the old free power scheme in Krishna district,
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Farmers have no faith in Modi govt: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Claiming that the entire country is opposing the newly passed agriculture bills, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said farmers do not have any faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government.
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Farmers' income this year lowest in 14 years, says Cong leader Manpreet Ba
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): Punjab Finance Minister and Congress leader Manpreet Singh Badal on Friday said that though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that the income of farmers would be doubled, it is the lowest in the last 14 years this year.
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Reach out to farmers to bust Opposition 'propaganda': PM to BJP workers on
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all the BJP Karyakartas that they should reach out to the farmers on the ground and inform them in a simplified manner about the importance, intricacies of the new farm reforms and how these will empower them. Read More
Holding skulls, Tamil Nadu farmers protest against agriculture bills
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 25 (ANI): At a time when farmers across the country are protesting against the recently passed Agriculture Bills, farmers in Tamil Nadu's Trichy district protested in a unique way by tying their hands and holding human skulls outside the district collec
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Farmers continue to burn stubble in Punjab's Amritsar
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 25 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble in their fields in Verka here.
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Farm Bills: Farmers participate in nation-wide 'Bharat Bandh'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Farmer unions and political parties across the country are participating in 'Bharat Bandh' on Friday to protest against the farm Bills that were recently passed by the parliament.
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Reforms in agriculture will benefit small and marginalized farmers most: P
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that reforms in agriculture will benefit small and marginalized farmers the most.
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