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Private investments in agriculture key to boost farmers income: Rupala
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said on Friday that the Prime Minister's ambitious target of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022 can be achieved through private sector investments and participation in agriculture.
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Timely, adequate imports of fertilizers being planned for Kharif 2021
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Ahead of Kharif season 2021, imports of fertilizers are being planned timely and adequately by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DCAFW) in order to bridge the gap between assessed requirement and indigenous production in case of Urea.
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J-K government organizes Soil Health training program for Pulwama farmers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 24 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in Pulwama has organized an awareness cum training program on Soil Health Management for farmers in the Nikas area.
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J-K: One-day exhibition cum kisan mela organised in Udhampur's Ghordi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 12 (ANI): The Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare of Udhampur on Thursday organised a one-day district level exhibition cum kisan mela at Ghordi block in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
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Narendra Singh Tomar slams Congress for lying, misleading people on new fa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday slammed Congress for misleading the people by lying about the new farm laws pointing that the party is losing its support base.
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Govt allocates Rs 16000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 202
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Union government has allocated Rs 16,000 crores for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the fiscal year 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops and to ensure that maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches farmers.
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Interest-free loan distribution programme begins in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched an interest-free loan distribution programme under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Cooperative Farmers Welfare Scheme at Bannu School in Uttarakhand's Dehradun on Saturday.
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Uttarakhand government to distribute interest-free loans to farmers on Feb
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 30 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government will provide interest-free loans of upto Rs 3 lakh to 25000 farmers and of upto Rs 5 lakh to farmers' groups on February 6 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Cooperative Farmers Welfare Scheme.
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CCEA approves MSP of copra at Rs 10,335 per quintal, says Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) of copra at 10,335 rupees per quintal which is an increase of 375 rupees over 2020 rates for 2021 season.
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Reforms may cause misapprehensions initially but government devoted to far
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Noting that long-pending reforms have been brought in the areas of labour and agriculture through legislation, President Ram Nath Kovind has said that the "path to reform at the initial stages may cause misapprehensions" but it is beyond doubt that the gov
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SC-appointed panel holds first meet on new farm laws in New Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The first meeting of the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to deliberate with concerned stakeholders on recently notified three farm laws, was held on Tuesday, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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Sugarcane dept to chip in to help farmers in UP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 9 (ANI): The sugarcane department will chip in to help farmers under Mission Farmers Welfare and Mission Shakti rolled out by the government, according to the Uttar Pradesh government.
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