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Punjab Govt. announces loan waiver for 'marginal' farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] June 19 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans up to Rs. 2 lakh for small and marginal farmers up to 5 acres, and a flat Rs. 2 lakh relief for all other marginal farmers, irrespective of their loa
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Rajasthan farmers to begin mass protest from June 20
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 18 (ANI): Unhappy with the Rajasthan Government over handling of farmers' issues in the state, the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Sunday declared that it will launch a state-wide agitation against the government from J
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Agriculture portfolio 'Cinderella' of NDA Govt.: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): With the farmers' agitations spreading across many states, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reneged on its promise by denying the farmers a reasonable increase in the minimum support price (MSP).
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Opposition corners MP CM Chouhan over recent farmer suicides
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 17 (ANI): Opposition leader Ajay Singh on Saturday lashed out at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, asking him to stop giving speeches and work on the development of the farmers.
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Shiv Sena to recommend Swaminathan's name if BJP not ready for Bhagwa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 16 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that party chief Uddhav Thackeray is likely to to suggest the name of the chairman of National Commission on Farmers (NCF) M.S. Swaminathan' for the post of president to Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Arms licenses of 'loan defaulter' Chhatarpur farmers will be can
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 16 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur District Collector has issued an order to cancel the arms licenses of those farmers who don't repay their loans by June 20.
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Madhya Pradesh farmer commits suicide in Shivpuri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 16, (ANI) : An indebted farmer unable to pay off a loan of Rs.40,000, has committed suicide in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh.
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Vadodara: Farmers to protest demanding implementation of Swaminathan Commi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 16 (ANI): After Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, now farmers in Vadodara will stage a protest on Friday demanding the implementation of the Dr. Swaminathan Committee report.
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CPI-M demands legislation on profitable MSP for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill his poll promise of providing profitable Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers.
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Scindia says stigma of killing farmers is on Chouhan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday questioned Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's intention to tackle the ongoing farmer unrest in the state. He said the stigma of the death of six farmers due to police firi
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Maharashtra: Cong. MLA thrashes farmers over land dispute, says action was
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Even as the Maharashtra Government assuaged the anger of farmers by waiving off thier loans, a video of a farmer getting beaten up by Congress MLA from Sillod along with his supporters has gone viral.
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Centre re-introduced UPA Govt.'s interest subvention scheme 'out
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): After the Union Cabinet slashed the interest rates on farmers' loans and cleared the interest subvention scheme, the Congress on Thursday called on the Centre to stop fooling the farmers and have a 'reality check' instead.
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