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Union budget will contribute towards doubling farmers' income: Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the general budget will contribute significantly towards fulfilling the government's resolve to double the income of farmers.
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FM spoke of everything but the Budget: Sitaram Yechury
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Reacting to the Union Budget 2020-21, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said that the Union Finance Minister spoke of "everything but the Budget" in her two-and-a-half-hour long speech. He alleged the Minister failed to address the "real issues facing t
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Budget to provide relief to poor, farmers: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that the focus of the Modi government is to give poor people and farmers relief and thus the budget has allocated Rs 2,83,000 crore for agriculture.
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Massive locust invasion contained in Rajasthan's Ganganagar, say officials
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Massive Locust invasion which was threatening the crops of Ganganagar farmers and other nearby areas, has been contained by the state agriculture department.
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One of the worst in last decade: Akhilesh Yadav slams budget
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday termed Union Budget 2020-21 as 'one of the worst budgets in the last decade' and said it holds 'nothing concrete' for youth and farmers.
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Rs 15 lakh crore credit target for farmers during 2020-21 fiscal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Central government has set to disburse Rs 15 lakh crore among farmers as credit during the year 2020-21, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha.
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Kisan Rail, Krishi UDAN for farmers, says Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Krishi UDAN will be launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on international and national routes aiming to improve value realisation in North East and tribal districts, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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Indian Railways to set up Kisan Rail: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Indian Railways will set up a Kisan Rail through public-private partnership model, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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NDA govt committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022: FM Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday reiterated that the NDA government is committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022.
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MP govt moves to withdraw cases filed against farmers during Mandsaur prot
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Chief Minister Kamal Nath led Madhya Pradesh government has begun the process of withdrawing cases filed against farmers during Mandsaur protests in 2017.
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Congress demands loan waiver for farmers, bringing diesel, petrol under GS
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led government of "betraying" farmers and "breaching its poll promises" and demanded a loan waiver scheme, minimum income scheme and bringing petrol and diesel under the GST.
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Villagers in Amaravati hold protest in Krishna River against three-capital
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Residents of Rayapudi village on Tuesday staged a protest against chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's plan of having three capitals for the state, by performing 'jal deeksha', in which the villagers stood chest-deep in Krishna River and rai
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