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Cost-effective technology vital to curb stubble burning: Mishra
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 26 (ANI): The quest for implementable solutions to stubble burning and attendant atmospheric pollution will require key stakeholders like farmers, industry and government working in tandem, C K Mishra, Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chan
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'Opium-addicted' parrots wreaking havoc in MP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): At a time when scattered rainfall is hampering poppy cultivation in the region, farmers claim that in addition to uneven rain, they have incurred massive losses due to a group of "opium-addicted" parrots.
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Union Min Harsimrat Kaur inaugurates cold chain facility in Jalandhar, tar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday inaugurated a cold chain to store crops in Jalandhar.
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Akhilesh slams Centre for not doing enough for poor, farmers, youths
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday slammed the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not making efforts to uplift the poor, farmers, and other deprived sections of the soci
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PM-KISAN scheme, an insult to farmers: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) Feb 24 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati on Sunday mocked the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna (PM-KISAN) saying that the 'scheme is an insult' to the farmers.
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MP: Agitated over bribe demand farmer ties buffalo to officer’s vehicle
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 24 (ANI): For failing to pay the bribe to a revenue department official, a poor farmer hailing from Tikamgarh tied his buffalo to the officer's four-wheeler.
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Anyone politisicing PM-KISAN scheme will face farmers' wrath: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna and warned that anyone politicising the scheme will face the wrath of farmers.
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Modi govt never hesitated to give befitting reply to terrorists: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 23 (ANI): Be it a bullet for a bullet or conducting surgical strikes, the Modi government didn't hesitate for a second to give a befitting reply to terrorism in the past five years, said Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Saturday.
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Haryana committed to doubling farmers’ income by 2022, says Agriculture Mi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): In order to double the income of farmers by 2022, departments of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Horticulture, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, and Fisheries are jointly working, said Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister OP Dhanka
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Nepali farmers, agro-experts undergo training in organic farming in India
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): As part of the 'India-Nepal New Partnership in Agriculture', the second group of 20 Nepali farmers and agriculture experts are currently undergoing a month-long training at the National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) here
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Odisha CM has support of farmers: BJD spokesperson
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra on Thursday said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had the support of farmers of the state as seen by the large turnout at the launch of the second phase of the state's flagship programme KALIA.
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Famers call off stir after assurance by Maharashtra govt
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Farmers under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha have called off their agitation after the Maharashtra government assured them that their demands would be fulfilled.
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