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Tomar launches two agriculture-related mobile apps
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday launched two agriculture-related mobile apps that will enable farmers to have easy access to agricultural equipment at their doorstep.
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Kharif foodgrain production estimated at 140.57 million tonnes in 2019-20
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): India's Kharif foodgrain production in the 2019-20 crop year is estimated at 140.57 million tonnes, which is 8.44 million tonnes more than the average foodgrain production of the previous five years.
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States should take advantage of favourable weather conditions for better R
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala said on Friday that a record 285 million tonnes production of food grains has been achieved so far and urged the states to take advantage of favorable weather conditions for better produ
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Haryana: Departments told to prepare action plan for next five years
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Om Prakash Dhankar on Wednesday directed the concerned departments to prepare an action plan for the next five years and expedite their development works so that the people of the state get basic f
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Telangana CM presents Rs 1.46 lakh crore budget for FY 20
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday presented the annual budget for 2019-20 in the Legislative Assembly with an outlay of Rs 1.46 lakh crore.
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'India's horticulture crop output rises 0.7 per cent to 313.85 million ton
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The total horticulture production of the country is estimated to be 313.85 million tonnes which is 0.69 per cent higher than the horticulture production in 2017-18.
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BJP MLAs walk out from Odisha Assembly alleging 'misuse' of Contingency fu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): BJP legislators staged a walkout from the Odisha Assembly alleging misuse of the Contingency Fund for a farmers' welfare scheme.
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No proposal to merge Union Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayat Ra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): There is no proposal currently to merge the ministries of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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BJP presents 50 days report card of Modi govt 2.0
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): Hailing Modi government's performance in the last 50 days, BJP working president J P Nadda on Friday said the Centre is committed to bettering the lives of people with schemes including construction of 1.95 crore houses with toilet, provide piped drinking wa
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Average monthly income per agricultural household is less than Rs 6,500, s
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The average monthly income per agricultural household from all sources is less than Rs. 6,500, said Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday.
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AI can be used in multiple domains of agriculture: Tomar in LS
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in multiple domains of agriculture such as weather, crop and price forecasting and yield estimation, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday.
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Lok Sabha approves demands for grants of agriculture, rural development mi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday approved the demands for grants for ministers of rural development, agriculture and farmers welfare for 2019-20.
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