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As potato crop prices plunge, farmers woes continue in North Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Coochbehar (West Bengal), Apr 5 (ANI): With prices of potatoes plunging by 50 per cent, potato farmers in northern regions of West Bengal are faced with an acute crisis since the beginning of this year.
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Telangana: Farmers file petition in HC to postpone election in Nizamabad
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 5 (ANI): A section of farmers have moved a petition in the High Court requesting to postpone Lok Sabha election in Nizamabad and use ballot papers.
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Congress tries to woo youth and farmer in manifesto, threatens to investig
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Setting the narrative for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Congress party on Tuesday released its manifesto in which special focus has been on youth and farmer. From opening vacancies for job creation to providing a minimum support income of Rs 72,000 pe
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Chandrababu Naidu's condition has become like 'Bhallaladeva': PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the TDP government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of taking 'U-turns' from his earlier promises and dubbed him as 'Bhallaladeva', the primar
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CM HD Kumaraswamy targets PM Modi over PM-KISAN scheme
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on PM-KISAN scheme, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said that only six families received the benefit of the scheme out of the list of 10 lakh farmers' families he has sent.
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Rahul promises 6 pc GDP spending on education, farm loan waiver for Andhra
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that if voted to power, his government will spend six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) on education and will also waive off the loans of Andhra Pradesh farmers.
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In UP, Smriti Irani accuses Rahul Gandhi of stealing land from Gauriganj f
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of encroaching upon the land of the farmers in Gauriganj in his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi.
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CPI-M releases manifesto, calls for scrapping of sedition law in present f
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) released its manifesto here on Thursday calling for scrapping of sedition law in its present form, restoration of wealth tax, and seeking urban job guarantee scheme among others.
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Walmart Foundation supports IDEI to raise income of 10,000 smallholder far
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI/ NewsVoir): Ten thousand smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh are set to benefit from the introduction of sustainable irrigation products and practices under a program offered by International Development Enterprises - India (IDEI) and supported with funding
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Farmers will soon start receiving benefits of PM-KISAN scheme: Piyush Goya
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 27 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the Centre will soon start paying farmers Rs 6000 per month as promised under the PM-KISAN scheme which was launched on February 24.
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TRS only party which cares about farmers irrespective of election season:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jagtiyal (Telangana) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): TRS MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Tuesday said that ruling Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS government) has worked to boost the turmeric cultivation in the state, claiming that the party always thinks abou
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Loan waiver, free power supply not going to help farmers in long run: Venk
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that measures like loan waiver and providing free power supply are not going to help farmers in the long run as they only provide short term relief.
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