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PM Modi extends greeting to farmers on 'Nuakhai Juhar', wishes for their '
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 23 (ANI): On the occasion 'Nuakhai Juhar', which is one of the most ancient festivals celebrated in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and areas of neighbouring states to welcome the new crop of the season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his good wishes to the fa
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Coimbatore farmer keeps half-acre of land to grow food for hundreds of wil
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): While most farmers employ tools to keep away hungry creatures from their crops, a 62-year-old farmer in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore has kept aside half an acre of farmland to provide daily feasts to hundreds of wild birds.
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Congress alleges corruption in Kerala govt procuring paddy crops from farm
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 22 (ANI): PT Thomas, Congress MLA on Saturday alleged that the Kerala government has practised corruption to the tune of Rs 73 crores while procuring paddy crops from the farmers.
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Fertilizer, seed, pesticide shops to remain open during weekend lockdown i
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): In a bid to give relief to farmers, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided that during the weekend lockdown on Saturday and Sunday, fertilizer, seed and pesticide shops will remain open.
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Economic situation won't improve until money is directly give to farmers,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Claiming that the organised and unorganised economies were struggling even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the situation will not improve until money is directly handed out to the farmers, labourers, and Micro, S
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India's largest Kisan Call Centre empowering farmers through consultancy s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): India's largest Kisan Call Centre (KCC) in the agricultural sector, a project under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer Welfare (DAC&FW) and run by IFFCO Kisan as the execution partner, is strengthening the farmers through its ad
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WayCool Receives USD 114K from Dutch Development Bank FMO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, has allocated a grant of U$ 114K to WayCool Foods, for procurement and distribution of dual-purpose PPE kits and enablement of on-site Soil testing to farmers. It follows WayCool's latest
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Kamal Nath writes to MP CM urging him to conduct detailed survey of soybea
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday wrote to his successor Shivraj Singh Chouhan urging him to hold a detailed survey of soybean crop loss and distribute relief amount among farmers.
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Locust control operations done in six states from April 11 to August 18
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New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Locust control operations have been done in 2,76,267 hectares area of six states from April 11 to August 18 by Locust Circle Offices (LCOs), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on Thursday.
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Farmers, tendu leaf collectors, dung sellers to get Rs 1,737 crore in Chha
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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will transfer Rs 1737.50 crore into the bank accounts of farmers, tendu leaf collectors and dung sellers in the state on the occasion of birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Vice President urges researchers to come up with innovations to solve farm
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New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Emphasising on the importance of agriculture in India, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu urged researchers and scientists to come up with innovations to address the problems faced by the farmers.
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12 farmers trapped in stream rescued by Army in Telangana
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Bhupalapalle (Telangana) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): As many as 12 farmers, who got trapped in Cheemala Vagu stream due to heavy inflow of water owing to incessant rain, were rescued by Army at Kandanapalli in Bhupalapalli district of Telangana on Saturday.
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