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Panchayats in J-K's Pulwama make motorized threshers available to farmers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 8 (ANI): The agriculture department here has started distributing motorized modern paddy thresher machines on panchayat and block level in Pulwama so that farmers of this district can use these machines during paddy and harvesting season.
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Amritsar: Farmers protest against Central ordinances
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 8 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar held a protest against three ordinances of the Central government on Monday.
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7 percent excess rainfall in country so far during monsoon
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): The Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Monday that the country has so far received 7 per cent excess rainfall and the spread of southwest monsoon this year will help farmers.
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Rs 4,688 crore to be given to MP farmers for damage due to floods
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 6 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Minister Kamal Patel on Sunday said that Rs 4,688 crore would be given to 20 lakh farmers who had been affected by floods caused by heavy monsoon rains on September 16 under the Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Sc
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Free power DBT scheme will be beneficial for farmers: Botsa Satyanarayana
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 5 (ANI): The free power Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme will be beneficial to the farmers, said Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday.
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CPM condemns permanent free power to farmers by Andhra Govt
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh CPM Secretary P Madhu has condemned the state government's decision of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of permanent free power to farmers.
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Permanent free power to farmers is wish of Chief Minister: Andhra Civil Su
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Kodali Nani) on Friday said that permanent free power to farmers is the wish of Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
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Flooding damages crops in Nagpur, impact farmers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], September 4 (ANI): Farmers in areas of Nagpur district have been adversely affected due to recent floods.
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Tripura CM praises farmer who cultivates watermelon in offseason
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mitai (Tripura) [India], September 4 (ANI): Bhabendra Debnath, a local farmer in the Mitai village of West Tripura cultivated watermelon in offseason, earning praise from Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb who visited all the way from Agartala to this place to meet this farmer.
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RBI issues revised PSL guidelines to increase credit penetration
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 4 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued revised guidelines for priority sector lending to enable better credit penetration to credit deficient areas and increase lending to small and marginal farmers besides weaker sections.
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Udhampur farmers switch to aloe vera to thwart monkeys, Centre sets up pro
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): Several farmers in Hartyaran Panchayat of Udhampur district are now growing aloe vera instead of traditional crops to save their farms from the ravages of monkeys.
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Demonetisation was an attack on India's informal sector: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Hitting out at the Central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that demonetisation was an attack on India's informal sector which mainly included poor labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers.
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