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Gujarat: Farmers hold protest against bullet train project
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Navsari (Gujarat) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Farmers from 29 villages in Navsari held a protest rally against bullet train project on Wednesday.
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Centre formulating plans for creating dairy infrastructure, says Agricultu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): The Central government is formulating plans for the creation of dairy infrastructure in the country, besides implementing the ongoing schemes for dairy development, Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday.
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I give my word for minimum income guarantee, can't promise Rs 15 lakh in b
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhawanipatna (Odisha) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reiterated his promise of giving minimum universal basic income for the poor if his party voted to power at the Centre, saying he is committed to his word.
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PM Modi, Amit Shah have corrupted BJP: Andhra CM Naidu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 05 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, has become a corrupt party.
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Tax relief, boost to farmers’ income credit positive for securities: Moody
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 05 (ANI): Tax relief for the middle class and measures to boost farmers' incomes in the interim budget are credit positive for India’s asset-backed securities (ABS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), Moody’s Investors Service said.
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Kisan Congress to give Rs 17 DD to PMO as a mark of taunt
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) will give a demand draft (DD) of Rs 17 to the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PMO) on Tuesday, apparently to mock the Centre’s scheme to give Rs 6,000 annually to marginal farmers as announced in the interim Budget.
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Odisha Govt announces KALIA scholarship scheme for farmers' children
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the new 'KALIA Chhatravritti Yojana', which is a scholarship for the children of farmers who are the beneficiaries of Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. Read More
Budget a 'big joke', farmers have been cheated: Raj Babbar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar on Saturday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, dubbing the interim Budget as a "big joke" and asserted that farmers have been cheated.
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Interim Budget was just a 'trailer', more to follow after polls: PM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Durgapur/Thakurnagar, (West Bengal) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): The financial support of Rs 6000 to each of the marginal farmers, which will involve a total outlay of Rs 75,000 crore, is not a one-time affair but will be given every year annually, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday a
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Rs 17/day not sufficient for farmers: TRS
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 02 (ANI): The Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) on Saturday dubbed the Centre's interim budget as an "election-based budget," adding that the scheme to provide Rs 6000 per annum for farmers, which boils down to Rs 17 per day, is not enough to address their
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Day 2 Farmers' protests continue at DND flyway
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Scores of farmers blocked the Delhi-Noida (DND) flyway on Saturday, as they continued their agitation demanding fourfold compensation in lieu of their land acquisition.
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UP: Sugarcane mill supervisor shot by farmer's son
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): A supervisor of the Diwan Sugar Mill, who was shot by two persons here on Friday, is out of danger and under observation, said police.
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