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Centre fails to implement Swaminathan report, farmers will wreak havoc in
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that if the central government fails to implement Swaminathan report by the end of its term, farmers would wreak havoc in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Not just industrialists', farmers' loan should also be waived: Rahul targe
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the agrarian crisis, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the former should not only waive the debts or loans of industrialists but also of farmers.
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TN farmers threaten to walk naked to Parliament if demands go unanswered
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Farmers from different corners of the country have started gathering at the Ramlila Maidan on the second day of the two-day protest, demanding debt relief and better Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
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No govt. can survive without farmers: former PM Gowda
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 29 (ANI) : Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) JDS chief HD Deve Gowda who joined the farmers' protest at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should personally take note of farmer's plight.
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Two-day farmer protest rally begins in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): More than one lakh farmers, belonging to 200 farmers' organisations, gathered in the national capital on Thursday to push their demands, including implementation of the MS Swaminathan Committee report, farm loan waiver and better Minimum Support Price (MSP) f
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Farmers' income will be doubled by 2022: PM Modi in Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mahbubnagar (Telangana) [India], Nov 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday assured that farmers' income will be doubled and every family in India will get their own house by 2022.
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Ahead of MP polling, Rahul promises schemes for farmers, youths, women
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): With Madhya Pradesh going to assembly polls on Wednesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised schemes for the welfare of the state's farmers, women, and youths, while focusing on their plight under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bhar
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BJP promises Rs 1 lakh crore farm loan, 51.5 lakh jobs to win Rajasthan po
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday promised 51.5 lakh jobs to youths in private and public sectors and Rs 1 lakh crore loans to farmers in next five years if the party is voted to power again in Rajasthan Assembly polls, scheduled for Decemb
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Telangana polls: People's Front promises farm loan waiver in manifesto
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): The People's Front, comprising the Congress party, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) has promised to waive loans up to Rs two lakh for farmers in the state as part of it
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'Why is PM Modi not talking about farmers, employment': Kamal Nath
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Launching a counter-attack on Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Monday questioned as to why the former doesn't speak about himself or his party, youth, farmers, employme
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Congress turned MP into 'bimaru' state: Shivraj Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday sharpened his attack at the Congress, saying that the state became economically weak, "bimaru (sick)", when the party was in power.
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Accidental fire burns 200 kg of stubble in Rohtak
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): As much as 200 kg's of stubble got burnt in an accidental fire here on Saturday.
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