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Essential Commodities Act to be changed for better price realisation to fa
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed amendments to the Essential Commodities Act to enable better price realisation for farmers, and said no stock limit should apply to processors or value chain participants.
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Centre announces Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund in 3rd tranche o
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced Rs 1 lakh crore Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm gate infrastructure for farmers and Rs 10,000 crore scheme for the formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (MFEs) in the third tranche of Rs 20 lakh c
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Amendment in APMC Act will aid farmers in getting remunerative price for t
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday said that the new amendment in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act will substantially aid the farmers in getting remunerative price for their produce.
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Today's announcements by Finance Minister will benefit farmers, labourers,
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday welcomed the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today, stating these are dedicated to small farmers, poor, migrant labourers and street vendors.
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UP CM hails FM's announcement for migrants, farmers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday hailed Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement on the 'One Nation One Ration Card', free food grain supply to migrants and creation of affordable rental housing complexes (ARHC
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Today's announcements by FM will especially benefit migrant workers, farme
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements relating to Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package will especially benefit migrant workers and farmers.
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Second stimulus tranche offers ration and rent for migrant workers, urban
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the second tranche of Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package with a focus on migrant workers, street vendors, small traders, self-employed people and small farmers.
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Punjab farmers advised cultivating PR 128, PR 129 varieties of non-Basmati
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 14 (ANI): Punjab's Agriculture Department, on the recommendations of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has advised farmers to go for cultivation of PR-128 and PR-129 varieties of non-Basmati, which are less water-intensive, for better paddy straw manageme
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Self-reliant economy depends on whether farmers, working-class is self-suf
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a call for building 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India), senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that a self-reliant economy will depend on whether farmers are self-reliant and working-class are self-su
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Siddaramaiah calls Centre's relief measures 'disastrous'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday called the measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as 'disastrous' and said it is 'non-existent' in terms of benefits to poor migrants, labourers, contrac
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Priyanka Gandhi writes to Adityanath, suggests measures for welfare of far
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suggesting various measures for the welfare of farmers and businesses in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Farmers in UP's Moradabad move towards cultivating medicinal pla
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus pandemic, farmers in the Moradabad area are cultivating medicinal plants, aromatic plants and herbs in order to boost earning and livelihood.
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