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"INDIA bloc work begins only before Lok Sabha elections": Sanjay Raut
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Raut said, "INDIA bloc work begins when the Lok Sabha elections are approaching. Until then, there's no communication between anyone. Until then, in the INDIA bloc, what the people are doing no one knows."
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"All shortcomings are on Central government...": Karnataka Minister MB Pat
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Minister MB Patil clarified that the state government does not have a significant role in the sugarcane pricing issue and asserted that the central government must closely examine the matter, underlining that the centre fixes the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) and Maximum Ret
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Ministers, officials unresponsive to farmers' distress due to heavy rains:
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Farmers trapped in distress due to severe rains are demanding compensation from the state government. However, Vijayendra alleged that the district-in-charge minister, along with departmental officials, has shown no concern.
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Bihar: Heavy rains and strong winds devastate paddy crops in Danapur
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Heavy rains and strong winds in Bihar's Danapur on Monday caused extensive damage to paddy crops, leaving local farmers distressed. Hence, the farmers have demanded clarification and compensation from the government for their losses.
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Chandrababu Naidu's governance has been vindictive towards farmers: Former
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
YSR Congress Party Nellore District President and former minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy on Sunday lashed out at the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government and alleged the state government of a lack of apathy toward farmers' distress caused by continuous unseasonal
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J-K: Udhampur farmers urge JKPDC for effective waste management
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Farmers in Chanthal village of Udhampur are facing significant challenges due to a drainage issue caused by a railway line. The drain, maintained by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Development Corporation (JKPDC), carries sewage and garbage from the railway line into their fields, damaging t
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Former Andhra CM Jagan Reddy demands mango procurement at Rs 12 kg, slams
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has demanded that the coalition government immediately procure the entire mango produce from farmers at Rs 12 per kilogram.
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Tripura: State Committee of All India Kisan Sabha apprises state Chief Sec
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Tripura State Committee of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Saturday briefed the state's Chief Secretary Jitendra Kumar Sinha about the severe agricultural and rural distress in the state. The meeting, held at the State Secretariat, was followed by a press conference where AIKS State
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Farmers distressed as wild elephants create havoc in Andhra's Chittoor; Ka
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The destruction got worse when a group of around 13 elephants entered the fields in Venkatagirikota on Sunday night and Monday morning and destroyed crops and mango trees causing huge losses, complained locals.
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Farm loan waivers no panacea for farmers' distress: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A report has stated that while farm loan waivers reduce the quality of expenditure by implementing states, it also negatively affects institutional incentives to disburse agricultural credit.
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World Bank supports Bangladesh farmers vulnerable to climate change
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a 120 million US dollars financing agreement to help improve the irrigated agricultural and fisheries production and increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people vulnerable to climate change.
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Congress to raise farmers' issue, Chinese aggression at LAC, Air India dis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament, the Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group on Friday held a meeting, chaired by interim party president Sonia Gandhi, via video conferencing.
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