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Social sector organizations appreciate government's move towards better he
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Keeping in line with Government's fiscal consolidation path, the Union budget has been a pro farmers and common man budget with a lot of focus towards rural development, farm sector and healthcare.
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5,000 varieties of seeds showcased in Hyderabad festival
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Over 5,000 varieties of seeds were showcased in a two-day seed festival in Hyderabad that concluded on Sunday.
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K'taka polls: PM Modi says Yeddyurappa will work in farmers' interest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb. 04 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed BJP's chief ministerial candidate B. S. Yeddyurappa, as the son of a farmer who would always work in the farmers' interest.
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RBI need not react to bond yields, MSP for interest rate review: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should not over-react to the high yield pressures of the bond market, along with the government promising a substantial revision in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers and refrain from going in for any hike in the benchm
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Telangana CM for big push to crop production
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the district ministers should initiate measures to form farmers coordination committees to take responsibly of marketing the crops and getting minimum support price (MSP) on it.
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Patanjali aims to increase farmers' income tenfold: Acharya Balkrishna
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India] Feb 3 (ANI): Patanjali is moving forward with an aim to increase the income of farmers tenfold, said company CEO Acharya Balkrishna on Saturday.
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Coimbatore's farmers disappointed with Budget '18
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): The Farmers Association in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city on Saturday expressed disappointment over the Union budget as their demands were not met.
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UP farmers unhappy with Budget '18
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Farmers from Uttar Pradesh have expressed their unhappiness over the Union Budget 2018 that was introduced by Union Finance Minister on Thursday.
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Brinda Karat criticises Union Budget over farmers issue
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] Feb 2 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader Brinda Karat on Friday took a dig at the Centre after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it already implemented the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.
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Budget 2018 prioritises farmers: Chattisgarh CM
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chattisgarh[India], Feb. 2 (ANI): Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh had lauded the Centre for a pro-farmer and pro-people budget.
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Tripura bamboo farmers welcome Union Budget
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] Feb 2 (ANI): The bamboo farmers in Tripura's Agartala have welcomed the Union Budget 2018 under which Rs 1,290 crore have been allocated for a Restructured National Bamboo Mission.
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Budget '18: Govt aims to double farmers' income
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, while announcing Union Budget 2018-19 in Parliament, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a clarion call to double farmers' income by 2022 when India celebrates its 75th year of Independence.
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