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Apples galore! Bumper crop ready to hit the market
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Favourable climatic conditions and the efforts of the horticulture department seem to have borne fruit this season, as farmers in Kashmir get ready to ship out large quantities of apples.
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'No Congress leader can work like PM Modi, CM Raje'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagaur (Rajasthan) [India], Sep 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday assured the people in poll-bound Rajasthan that only his Party can double the income of the farmers.
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Finance Commission to visit Maharashtra to discuss urbanisation, intra-sta
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): The Fifteenth Finance Commission is slated to visit Maharashtra from September 17 to 19, during which they will focus on issues related to urbanisation and intra-state disparity.
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Chhattisgarh: Man builds water basin to help villagers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Fulfilling the wish of his grandfather, a man in Gadapal village in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district has built around 50-meter long water basin to provide water to the inhabitants, especially farmers, living in surrounding areas.
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Centre approves PM-AASHA for farmers' welfare
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 12 (ANI): With an aim to boost the pro-farmer initiatives of the government, the Centre on Wednesday approved a new Umbrella Scheme "Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan' (PM-AASHA). The scheme is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to the farmers for their
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Gadkari urges farmers to make biofuel to replace petrol, diesel
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Durg (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged the farmers here to make ethanol and use it as a replacement for petrol and diesel.
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Yogendra Yadav detained for protesting against Salem-Chennai expressway
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep. 8 (ANI): Swaraj India party president Yogendra Yadav was detained by police in Tiruvannamala on Saturday for protesting against the eight-lane Salem-Chennai expressway. He was taken to a nearby location along with other farmers who were protesting.
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Steps being taken to alleviate drought situation: CM Naidu
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Sep 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday assured that the state government would protect the interest of farmers at any cost in the drought-affected regions, saying that the state government initiated several measures to supp
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Yechury slams govt in farmers' rally
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 5 (ANI): Scores of social activists, farmers and workers flocked the capital on Wednesday to take out a protest march against the Narendra Modi-led government with a slew of demands ranging from loan waiver, a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 a month and remunerative prices f
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Delhi: More than 3 lakh expected at 'Majdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Farmer outfits All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), All India Agriculture Workers Union (AIAWU) and Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) will be holding a rally on Wednesday at Parliament Street in the national capital under the name 'Majdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally'.
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: Pilot studies to rationalise CCEs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Centre's flagship crop insurance programme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), has rolled out nine pilot studies on optimisation of Crop Cutting Experiments (CCE) using modern technologies. These studies aim to resolve various challenges faced by the s
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J'Khand CM in China, pitches for cooperative society in agriculture
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Shunyi [China], Sep 03 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is on a five-day visit to China, has said that farmers in the state also can benefit through cooperative society in agriculture.
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