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Odisha CM transfers Rs 800 crore financial assistance to 40 lakh farmers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 4 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday distributed the financial assistance of Rs 800 crore directly to the bank account of 40 lakh small and marginal farmers of the state.
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Punjab to provide Rs 1,500 aid to farmers opting for direct seeding of ric
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], May 3 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced that the state government will provide Rs 1,500 per acre as financial assistance to farmers opting for the direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique in the coming paddy season.
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Odisha government to release Rs 804 crore in bank accounts of 40 lakh farm
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 3 (ANI): Under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme, the Odisha government is all set to release Rs 804 crore on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Tuesday, benefitting 40 lakh farmers of Odisha.
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Pakistan: Farmers decry urea crisis after gas supply to fertilizer units w
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Farmers of Pakistan fear that the urea crisis would be severe this year because of the reduction in the gas supply that has been diverted to help overcome the electricity shortage in the country.
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Farmer apprehended with suspected narcotics near int'l border in Punjab's
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 1 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Sunday apprehended a farmer with two packets of suspected narcotics weighing approximately 1.020 kg near the international border in Punjab's Amritsar.
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha to visit Lakhimpur Kheri on May 5
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 1 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmers' unions will visit Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on May 5 to ensure justice for farmers who were killed in last year's October 3 violence in the district.
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Punjab announces Rs 1,500 per acre assistance to farmers for direct seedin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 30 (ANI): Punjab Government on Saturday announced assistance of Rs 1,500 per acre of land to farmers for the direct seeding of paddy.
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Centre agrees to procure Ragi under MSP from state: CM Bommai
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 30 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that the Union government has agreed to procure additional 3 lakh metric tonnes of Ragi under the Minimum Support Price scheme.
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Centre firm on not burdening farmers despite impact on supply, production
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The central government has decided to provide more funds to meet the rising cost of fertilisers due to higher import prices and not pass the burden to farmers. The subsidy bill of the government on fertilizers is likely to be Rs 2.5 lakh crore this fiscal,
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Mira Kapoor backs Zama Organics as an investor and an advocate for the bra
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI/PNN): Zama Organics, a much sought after organic and healthy grocery start-up founded by Shriya Naheta Wadhwa that works directly with farmers, artisans, and producers with the sole purpose of making available trusted choices of healthy and organic product
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BJP to launch pan India Yatras to push PM Modi's message on organic farmin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to launch a mega drive across the country to spread Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message urging farmers to take up organic farming.
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YSRCP hits out at Pawan Kalyan for 'baseless' allegations against Andhra g
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): YSRCP came down heavily on Janasena Chief Pawan Kalyan for making "baseless" comments against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in regard to tenant farmers and said the state government has been implementing various schemes for welfare an
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