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Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja reviews major programmes and schem
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
A team led by Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja undertook a field visit to interact with pineapple growers from Molvom village in Nagaland's Dimapur district. He undertook the field visit as part of the review of the Ministry's major programmes and schemes for the North Eastern Region
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Youth, farmers raising issues against Centre during Bharat Jodo Yatra: Nan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Maharashtra state Congress chief Nana Patole on Sunday said during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra youth, farmers and non-political people have been raising issues against the government at the Centre.
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Strawberry cultivation becoming apple of farmers' eye in J&K
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Strawberry cultivation is picking up in Jammu and Kashmir thus yielding good fortunes and providing ample employment opportunities to youth.
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"Farmers are burning stubble under compulsion..." NHRC rebukes governments
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
NHRC heard the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday in connection with its suo motu cognizance of unabated air pollution in Delhi-NCR as reported in media.
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Action will be taken against people spreading rumours about fertiliser sho
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that action will be taken against people who spread rumours about the shortage of fertilisers in the state. He made the remark while talking to ANI on Saturday.
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Paddy worth Rs 47,644 cr bought at MSP benefitting 13.5 lakh farmers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) has been estimated to be procured as against 759 LMT paddy (510 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) actually procured during 2021-22 (Kharif Crop).
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India free from presence of locust swarms
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
During the routine survey conducted during the last fortnight of October by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the country was found free from gregarious as well as solitary desert locust activities. Breeding of locusts too was not reported.
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Himachal: Employment, education major issues in upcoming assembly polls
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh polls, employment and better education are the two major issues that have emerged as major issues in the upcoming assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh. The youth of Himachal Pradesh is rooting for better education and employment.
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Assam gets 5,000-tonne capacity cold storage, the state's largest
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Assam's farm produce such as ginger, pepper, lemon, and joha rice has great demand in the national and international market and the farmers of these items should be able to reap remunerative values for their products only if their produce is further processed and packaged.
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Gates Foundation calls for Bold and Immediate Action at COP27, Announces n
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sharm El-Sheikh [Egypt], November 8 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders' calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest USD 1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long
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Centre's policies broke backbone of small businesses, farmers: Rahul Gandh
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Centre have "broken the backbone" of small businesses while benefitting selected businessmen.
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Farmers will now become Urja Data along with being Annadata, says Union Mi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that Madhya Pradesh has started exporting agricultural products. The farmers have now become Urja Data along with Annadata.
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