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Govt must ensure crop procurement : BS Hooda
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the government should assure farmers that their crops will be procured. He said that the government will bear the loss incurred to the farmers.
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Additional 5 kilograms of rice or wheat, 1 kg pulses to be provided to 80
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that 8.69 crore farmers will get immediate help during the lockdown period through direct cash transfers in the first week of April.
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Government should transfer Rs 7,500 to Jan Dhan, PM Kisan accounts for nut
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Congress said on Wednesday that it stood with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his appeal for 21-day lockdown but was "deeply disappointed by the lack of coherent strategy" and demanded that Rs 7,500 should be transferred to every Jan Dhan, PM Kisan and
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Coronavirus : Authorities ensure social distancing in Vijayawada vegetable
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): In the backdrop of coronavirus threat and subsequent lockdown, Andhra Pradesh government has shifted the 'Rytu Bazaars', government-run vegetable markets where farmers directly sell vegetables to the customers, to open grounds or school prem
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Cabinet approves Rs 1,340 crore recapitalisation of regional rural banks
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved Rs 1,340 crore recapitalisation of regional rural banks to improve their capital to risk-weighted assets ratio.
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Chidambaram suggests 10-point plan for augmenting income of vulnerable cla
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Former union minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday suggested a 10-point plan to augment the income of farmers, poor and vulnerable classes of the society whose earnings have taken a hit due to the lockdown imposed in the country in the wake of the coronavirus o
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Coronavirus hits Pune's poultry industry hard, farmers left high and dry
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The poultry industry of Pune has been badly affected by the coronavirus.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister instructs DMs to assess damage caused to farmer
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday instructed all District Magistrates (DMs) to submit a report after assessing the damage caused to farmers and artisans due to hailstorm and heavy rains in the State.
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Pehlu Khan lynching case: 2 minors sent to juvenile correction home
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 13 (ANI): The two minors who were convicted in the dairy farmer Pehlu Khan's lynching case, are sent to the juvenile correction home for three years each by Juvenile Justice Board here on Friday.
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Chicken sales decline by 35 pc as govt battles speculation on coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 10 (ANI): Poultry industry experts say chicken sales have declined by nearly 35 per cent in recent weeks even as the government mounts efforts to counter rumours that deadly coronavirus can be transmitted by consuming it.
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Farmers, poor, exploited sections brought to mainstream: Nadda
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday said that the farmers, poor people, and the exploited sections have been brought into the mainstream.
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If there is will then anything can be achieved, shares Veena Devi on PM's
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): If there is a will then everything can be achieved, said Veena Devi, a farmer from Bihar's Munger who shared her journey and knowledge on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media account on Sunday.
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