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Sonu Sood gifts tractor to Chittoor farmer after video of girls pulling pl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): After Bollywood actor Sonu Sood announced help to farmer Nageswara Rao's family on Saturday, a tractor was handed over to Rao by the MD of Gayatri agency. The family thanked Sonu Sood for the help.
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Andhra Pradesh: Girls pull plough to aid father in farming in Chittoor dis
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): The daughters of a farmer in the Chittoor district were forced to pull the plough to aid their father in farming because of the acute financial hardships the family was facing because of the Coronavirus lockdown.
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PMDP helping progressive apple growers in J-K's Anantnag
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Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 25 (ANI): The Prime Minister's Development Package (PMDP), announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 for Jammu and Kashmir, has proved to be a breather for the farmers in the Union Territory as the horticulture department has set up apple or
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Bharti Axa bags Rs 800 cr insurance mandate from Maharashtra, Karnataka go
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Bharti Axa General Insurance said on Friday the company has received Rs 800 crore worth crop insurance mandate from the state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka to insure their farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
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Haryana govt makes PMFBY voluntary for farmers
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Chandigarh [India], July 24 (ANI): The Haryana government has announced that getting insurance of crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) in the state will now depend entirely on farmers' wish, an official release said.
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Agricultural products must be marketed to reduce production cost, says Nit
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New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari on Thursday opined that the products produced by the Farmer Producer Company (FPC) need to be marketed in the domestic and international markets in such a manner that would reduce the cost
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Congress misleading farmers, MSP to be given in private grain markets: Dus
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 23 (ANI): Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said that the three ordinances brought by the Union government will ensure the farmers would get Minimum Support Price (MSP) even in the private grain markets.
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'Make farming profitable vocation in Telangana': KCR to agriculture dept
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao held a review meeting with officials from the agriculture department at Pragathi Bhavan in which he urged them to make farming a profitable vocation in the state.
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Maharashtra: Milk producing farmers demand govt's support amid agitation
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 21 (ANI): The representatives of milk-producing farmers on Tuesday demanded the government's support amid the ongoing milk agitation in Maharashtra.
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Dairy farmers spill milk to demand higher prices
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
(Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Demanding a hike in the procurement price of milk, dairy farmers of the Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana on Tuesday spilt milk on the roads of Sangli as a mark of protest.
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Farmers protest against govt ordinances, fuel price hike
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Ludhiana (Punjab), July 21 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the banners of different organisations took out a "tractor march" in Ludhiana on Monday in protest against three ordinances introduced by the Central Government and the fuel price hike.
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Akali Dal has no locus standi to be concerned about farmers after supporti
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal to stop shedding 'crocodile tears' over the plight of the farmers, whose very existence was threatened by the farm ordinances passed by the centra
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