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West Bengal: BJP 'padyatras' to counter TMC propaganda on farm Bills
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Apart from Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also reach out to farmers in West Bengal through 'padyatras' in order to dispel the misinformation spread by the Opposition parties over the agriculture sector reform Bills.
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Agriculture sector has freed itself from shackles, strong farmers will lay
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Farmers and the farm sector needs to be strong to lay a strong foundation of "Atmanirbhar Bharat", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
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Cong has betrayed trust of farmers, women, youth of MP: Jyotiraditya Scind
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Hitting out at Congress for calling him a "traitor", BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that the opposition party has betrayed the trust of farmers, women and youth of the state.
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Venugopal terms Congress' Speak Up For Farmers campaign as 'loud wake-up c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): As Congress on Saturday ran a nationwide online campaign - "Speak Up For farmers" - against the farm legislations passed by the Parliament recently, party's General Secretary KC Venugopal termed it as a "loud wake-up call for the BJP government which
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Centre took steps to ensure right price to farmers for produce, says Rajna
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The central government has taken steps to ensure that farmers get the right price for their produce, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.
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SAD decides to pull out of NDA over agriculture bills
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 26 (ANI): Days after quitting the union cabinet, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has now decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance over "Centre's stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect assured marketing of farmers crops on MSP".
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Amritsar farmers continue to burn stubble as alternative methods are expen
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village continued to burn their field stubble, causing plumes of smoke to emanate.
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New fruit and vegetable market starts operations in J-K's Rajouri
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 26 (ANI): In a bid to help marginal farmers, a fruit and vegetable market has been opened in Phalyana area of Rajouri district to facilitate direct marketing.
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Punjab: Rail roko agitation against farm bills extended till September 29
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): The rail roko farmers' agitation in Punjab, which was scheduled to conclude on September 26, has been extended by three days, Sarwan Singh Pandher, State Secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti informed on Friday.
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Agriculture sector reforms in interest of farmers, says Karnataka Minister
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), June 26 [India] (ANI): Replying to opposition's demand of revocation of Agriculture reform bills and Karnataka Land Reforms (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020, State Agriculture Minister BC Patil on Friday said that the Karnataka government will stick to the reforms as they
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Hope concerns of farmers will reach Centre: Amarinder Singh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday expressed hope that "concerns of farmers" on agriculture bills will reach the Centre and it will "gracefully back off from destroying farm sector".
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Andhra farmers' union demands free power scheme, not direct benefit transf
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): Members of the Andhra Pradesh Farmers Union on Friday staged a protest against the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and demanded the old free power scheme in Krishna district,
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