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Fadnavis, BJP leaders demonstrate against Maharashtra govt; demand Rs 50,0
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 22 (ANI): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other BJP leaders staged a 'Sarkar Jagao' demonstration outside their party office, demanding the state government to announce a Rs 50,000-crore package for farmers, labourers and workers of t
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Our endeavour is to enable farmers to get competitive prices for their cro
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday said that his government's endeavour was to get Rythu Bandhu Scheme support for the farmers and to make them get a competitive price for their crops through regulatory farming methods and
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Need stamp of approval from farmers, not anyone else: Kamal Nath slams MP
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): Congress leader Kamal Nath on Thursday said that the incumbent BJP government in Madhya Pradesh was falsely accusing him of not fulfilling the promise of farm loan waivers.
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Farmers in Agra asked to remain alert as swarms of locusts reach neighbour
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): The Agriculture Defense Officer, Agra has issued an alert for farmers in connection with swarms of locusts reaching the neighbouring Dausa district in Rajasthan.
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Chhattisgarh govt to launch Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana today
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 21 (ANI): Chhattisgarh government is going to launch Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana on Thursday, wherein, Rs 1500 crore will be transferred online to the accounts of farmers as the first instalment out of total Rs 5700 crores provisioned under the scheme.
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AP: Protesting farmers burn paddy on road, demand payment for their agricu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): A group of farmers in Salur town of Vizianagaram district on Wednesday burnt paddy on the roads as a mark of protest for not being paid for their agriculture produce.
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Haryana CM promises to pay 3 months' interest on education loans
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Despite the resumption of almost all economic activities in Haryana during Lockdown 4.0, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal while pledging to continue to assist the farmers, labourers, poor people, businessmen and entrepreneurs, on Wednesday announced several
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6 farmers killed in road accident in UP's Etawah
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Six farmers were killed and one injured after the pickup truck in which they were traveling collided with another truck in the Friends Colony area of Etawah on Tuesday night.
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'Mee Annapurna' - An inclusive program for welfare of farmers, Bhoomiputra
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Maharashtra is the most affected state with the total number of cases surpassing 30,000 and the death toll nearing 1,100 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Telangana CM to chair meeting on May 21 over crop cultivation in state
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is slated to hold a high-level meeting with district officials on May 21 to finalise the policy on regulated crop pattern and discuss district-wise cultivation of specific crops.
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TN govt opposed to removing free power supply to farmers: CM Palaniswami w
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to put the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act in abeyance saying that the state government is strongly opposed to the idea
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Farmer's family in Wayanad placed in home quarantine, unable to harvest, s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): A family of farmers is unable to harvest more than one tonne of vegetables that it cultivated, as they have been placed in home quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
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