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FM Nirmala Sitaraman visits farm fields in Andhra's Krishna district, inte
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Wednesday visited the farmers in the Gannavaram Mandal in Krishna district and took stock of agricultural fields in the area.
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Contract farming will not be detrimental to farmers: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that contract farming will not be detrimental for farmers and alleged that Congress was opposing agricultural reforms for "political reasons".
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Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee rejects Centre's request for meeting on
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Wednesday turned down the Central government's request for a meeting on October 8 to resolve their concerns regarding the farm laws.
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Meetings of Union Cabinet, CCEA to take place today
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New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The meetings of Union Cabinet and Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) will be held on Wednesday through video conferencing, officials said.
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World Bank consultant quits job, turns farmer to supply organic produce di
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 7 (ANI): The increasing level of hazardous chemicals in food has led to health issues. In order to find a solution to this problem, a World Bank consultant, Venkat Vetti, encouraged farmers to grow their produce in an organic way.
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Farmers meet Rajnath, Tomar, say new agriculture laws provide freedom to s
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): A group of farmers, many of them Padam Shri recipients, met Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday to thank them for "revolutionary steps" taken by the government to "free the farmer" through the agr
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SC to hear plea suggesting releasing portion of MSP to farmers only after
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New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea that a portion of Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be withheld from farmers and released later only after verifying that they did not burn stubble.
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Farmers protest in Sirsa against agri laws
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Sirsa (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): A group of farmers staged a protest in Haryana's Sirsa against the farm laws. Police also used water cannons to disperse the farmers.
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Govt reviving vermicompost culture to produce organic vegetables in Kashmi
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 6 (ANI): The Central government is trying to revive the vermicompost culture to produce organic vegetables in Kashmir, in a bid to educate farmers and produce quality and cost-effective yield.
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Haryana govt opens registration on 'Meri Fasal-Mera byora' portal for padd
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 6 (ANI): Haryana government has opened registration on the 'Meri Fasal, Mera Byora' portal for paddy procurement for the farmers outside the state from Monday.
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Every single grain of farmers will be procured at MSP: Haryana Minister
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Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 5 (ANI): Haryana Co-operation Minister Dr Banwari Lal on Monday said that adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that both farmers and arhatiyas do not face any problem in the sale and purchase of crops.
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Centre is doing what the East India Company had done: Rahul Gandhi
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Bhawanigarh (Punjab) [India], October 5 (ANI): The Centre is doing to India what the East India Company of the British had done, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said during 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' in Punjab's Bhawanigarh.
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