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Centre failed to give MSP promised to paddy farmers: Odisha CM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan 8 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government failed to give Minimum Support Price (MSP) it promised to the paddy farmers during the Lok-Sabha elections in 2014.
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BJD cadre en route to Delhi, to hold rally for paddy farmers on Jan 8
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): A Special Train called "Krashak Adhikar Yatra" train carrying Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs, MLAs and party workers left for Delhi on Saturday. The party will hold a rally in Delhi's Talkatora stadium on Tuesday to put pressure on the central governmen
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Rahul Gandhi to address farmers rally in Jaipur on Jan 9
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a farmers rally here on January 9, informed Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot on Saturday.
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Congress misguiding farmers in name of loan waiver: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Palamu (Jharkhand) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Congress party considers farmers as a vote bank and is misguiding them in the name of loan waiver.
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With farmers in mind, Rahul to address 'Kisan Abhaar' rallies in Rajasthan
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The Congress is ready to kickstart campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls by thanking farmers through rallies in the states they recently took charge of, commencing with a Kisan Abhaar Rally in Jaipur on January 9.
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Amethi: Farmers face urea problem, complain of scarcity
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Farmers in Amethi are facing a shortage of urea and have complained of shortage in supply and long queues outside supply centers.
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Congress MPs sell potatoes outside Parliament to raise farmers' plight
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Several Congress MPs on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament premises on Friday, selling potatoes to raise issues concerning Punjab farmers.
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19 more Lok Sabha members suspended
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Upset over repeated disruptions, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday suspended 19 more MPs including those of AIADMK and TDP, for five consecutive sittings. Now the figure of suspended members has gone up to 43, who have faced the action since Wednes
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Radha Mohan Singh takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 02 (ANI): Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh took at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his tweet in which Gandhi missed out on question number three, jumping from question 2 to question 4.
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Loan waivers do not benefit majority of farmers: PM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Dubbing the loan waivers announced by the Congress governments as "political stunts", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that a majority of farmers do not benefit from these "misleading" announcements as only a few of them take loans from bank
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Telangana tops in GSDP with revenue growth of 29.97% for FY 2018-19: KCR
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Jan 1 (ANI): Telangana is a role model for the cause of farmers and it is at the top in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the country with revenue growth of 29.97 per cent for the financial year 2018-19, said the state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KC
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Odisha farmers to get Rs 5,000 for farm inputs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme for farmers and the landless in the state.
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