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Farmers ensuring no one goes to bed hungry amid COVID-19 crisis: Prime Min
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday said that the farmers of the country are toiling hard to ensure that the country does not face food shortage.
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Indian Railways transports 25,588 tonnes of manure for Moradabad farmers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): In order to ensure that farmers continue to get all necessary inputs for farming amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Indian Railways has carried 25,588 tonnes of manure to Moradabad through 12 goods trains.
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IFFCO is playing vital role to support govt in its effort to fight COVID-1
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a leading fertilizer cooperative body under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, is playing a vital role by helping Government to combat COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the impact of the outbre
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Bihar: Coronavirus lockdown hits Betel leaf farmers in Muzzaffarpur
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], April 24 (ANI): Betel leaf (Paan leaf) farmers in Muzzaffarpur are facing losses due to the lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 lockdown spells trouble for strawberry growers in UP's Sambhal di
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Strawberry growers in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district are facing huge losses this season amid the nation-wide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak and they are forced to uproot their produce as they are unable to sell it in the markets.
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KVIC purchases cocoon worth over Rs 40 lakh from Tamil Nadu farmers amid l
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in collaboration with its Khadi Institutions (KIs) in Tamil Nadu purchased 9,500 kgs of cocoon worth over Rs 40 lakh directly from the farmers.
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Mango farmers suffer huge loss due to lockdown in Moradabad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Mango farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad have been suffering from huge losses as they are not able to get pesticides for their mango trees during nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.
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Vegetable farmers bearing brunt of lockdown in Ludhiana
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown has strongly affected farmers in Ludhiana as their produce has been destroyed due to lack of fertilizers and pesticides.
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COVID-19 lockdown hits Muzaffarpur's Litchi growers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): Bihar's Litchi farmers are staring at huge losses in the wake of nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, as traders from across the States are unable to make their way to Muzaffarpur to purchase the fruit.
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Tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj incur huge losses amid coronavirus lockd
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kishanganj (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj as the crops have dried in the absence of workers to harvest them.
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Kerala's Horticorp procures bananas from farmers amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala state government body Horticorp has started procuring bananas from farmers directly in Wayanad district as they were not able to sell their produce due to nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus spread in the country.
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Centre relaxes norms for PM-KISAN beneficiaries in Assam, Meghalaya, UTs o
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval to relax the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding of data in respect of beneficiaries in Assam, Meghalaya, and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh
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