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If ethanol becomes Rs 2 lakh crore economy, Rs 1 lakh crore will go into
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has strongly pitched for increasing use of ethanol to reduce dependence on crude oil imports, saying if "ethanol becomes Rs 2 lakh crore economy then Rs 1 lakh crore will go into pockets of
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Government ready to accept all good suggestions on farm laws: Nitin Gadkar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Noting that the government is ready to accept all good suggestions from farmers about the farm laws, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said it will "convince farmers, explain and find a way through dialogue".
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MP Agriculture Minister terms farmer unions protesting agri laws as 'organ
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Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel has termed farmer unions protest against the new farm laws as "organisations of middlemen and anti-nationals".
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Amarinder Singh says Kejriwal sold interests of farmers, gets reply on Twi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 15 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing farmers' protest against the farm laws, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his counterpart Captain Amarinder Singh are engaged in a war of words on Twitter.
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Hazare warns of sitting on fast if demands related to agriculture not fulf
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and warned of resuming hunger strike if the Centre does not fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS S
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Over 41 lakh paddy farmers have benefitted from KMS procurement: Agricultu
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, the central government continues to procure kharif crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP) from farmers and about 41.04 lakh farmers have already been benefitted from KMS procurement with MSP value of Rs
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We are not terrorists, but are fighting for our rights: Farmers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Farmers who were on a day-long hunger strike at the Singhu border as part of their protest against Centre's farm laws broke their fast on Monday evening and said they are not Aatankwadi (terrorists) but Hakwadi (fighting for rights).
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Demand of protesting farmers for repeal of three farm laws most reasonable
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Monday said that the demand of protesting farmers for the repeal of three farm laws was "most reasonable" and the government should accept it.
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Farmers protest being used to defame India, says MoS Kishan Reddy
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 14 (ANI): Asserting that the ongoing farmers' protest against the recently enacted farm laws is being used to defame India on international platforms, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday advised farmers not to walk into the t
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Reliance Jio writes to TRAI, accuses Airtel, Vodafone of 'unethical' pract
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Reliance Jio has written to the Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) seeking strict action against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for "unethical practices" and "unscrupulous violations" and to stop campaigns under which "false propaganda is be
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Odisha farmer shaves head at Singhu border to register protest
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protest in and around Delhi, a farmer from Odisha shaved his head at Singhu border on Monday to mark his dissent over the three recently passed agricultural laws.
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Government should repeal farm laws, end farmers' protest: Former MoS Agric
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Congress MP and former Minister of State for Agriculture Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Monday said the government should repeal the three farm laws against which farmers have been protesting on Delhi borders.
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