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PM Modi urges farmers to lessen urea use
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the farmers to bring down the usage of urea by half by the year 2022.
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Farming should be made into profitable profession, says Chandrababu Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 21 (ANI): Farming should be made into a profitable profession and technology must be made available to farmers of Andhra Pradesh to ease their problems and boost the productivity, said, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the state assembly on
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Bill Gates praises Andhra for using tech to help farmers
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 18 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has lauded the Andhra Pradesh government for using technology to help farmers in the state.
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'Wooden-shoe' wearers' achy-breaky feet
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 17 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered a pattern of unusual bone chips in the feet of clog-wearing 19th-Century Dutch farmers - injuries that offer clues to the damage we may unwittingly be causing to our own feet.
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NTPC to issue tenders for farmers to buy farm stubble
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Power Minister R.K Singh today said that the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will soon issue tenders to buy farm stubble.
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Chhattisgarh Govt starts purchasing paddy and maize
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India] Nov. 15 (ANI): In order to give the farmers a fair price for their produce, the state-wide special drive of purchasing paddy and maize under Chhattisgarh support price policy started from today.
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Andhra farmers capable of adapting to new technologies: CM Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday hailed the farmers of the state, saying that they were hard working, quick in learning, and could easily adopt new technologies.
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Why is GST levied only on Indian handloom weavers, not farmers?
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 10 (ANI-BusinessWire India): In India, both the handloom weaver and the farmer come from the same background, both have many parallels or identical conditions that they face for their livelihood. The farmer gets empathy and benefits; the handloom weaver get
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Punjab CM seeks incentive for farmers to prevent stubble burning
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking compensation for farmers for crop resident management, with a view to check stubble burning, one of the major contributors to the toxic smog
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Centre proposes doubling of import duty on wheat
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): In a bid to provide relief to farmers, the Centre announced a two-fold increase in the import duty levied on wheat, thereby assisting reduction of cheap shipments and providing positive price signal in the ongoing Rabi season.
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Six farmers commit suicide in Odisha
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bargarh (Odisha) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): At least six farmers have allegedly committed suicide in Bargarh, Odisha.
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Odisha Govt. insensitive towards farmers: Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Nov.06 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday labeled the Odisha government as "murderer" while blaming it for the suicides of farmers in the state.
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