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Chhattisgarh govt to launch Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana today
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 21 (ANI): Chhattisgarh government is going to launch Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana on Thursday, wherein, Rs 1500 crore will be transferred online to the accounts of farmers as the first instalment out of total Rs 5700 crores provisioned under the scheme.
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AP: Protesting farmers burn paddy on road, demand payment for their agricu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): A group of farmers in Salur town of Vizianagaram district on Wednesday burnt paddy on the roads as a mark of protest for not being paid for their agriculture produce.
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Haryana CM promises to pay 3 months' interest on education loans
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Despite the resumption of almost all economic activities in Haryana during Lockdown 4.0, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal while pledging to continue to assist the farmers, labourers, poor people, businessmen and entrepreneurs, on Wednesday announced several
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6 farmers killed in road accident in UP's Etawah
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Six farmers were killed and one injured after the pickup truck in which they were traveling collided with another truck in the Friends Colony area of Etawah on Tuesday night.
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'Mee Annapurna' - An inclusive program for welfare of farmers, Bhoomiputra
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Maharashtra is the most affected state with the total number of cases surpassing 30,000 and the death toll nearing 1,100 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Telangana CM to chair meeting on May 21 over crop cultivation in state
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 19 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is slated to hold a high-level meeting with district officials on May 21 to finalise the policy on regulated crop pattern and discuss district-wise cultivation of specific crops.
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TN govt opposed to removing free power supply to farmers: CM Palaniswami w
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to put the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act in abeyance saying that the state government is strongly opposed to the idea
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Farmer's family in Wayanad placed in home quarantine, unable to harvest, s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], May 18 (ANI): A family of farmers is unable to harvest more than one tonne of vegetables that it cultivated, as they have been placed in home quarantine after coming in contact with a COVID-19 positive person.
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Rescue farmers from losses due to 'very low prices' in open market: Nara L
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday said that YSRCP-led Andhra Pradesh government should initiate village-level procurement of crops in order to rescue farmers from losses and debts due to 'very low prices' in the open mark
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Chilli cluster for Andhra will help farmers, stakeholders: State Agricultu
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kurasala Kannababu on Saturday expressed gratitude to the central government for announcing a chilli cluster for the state and said the proposed cluster will help all stakeholders including growers, traders
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Nirmala Sitharaman to address press conference today
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference in the national capital on Saturday.
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Agritech marketplace SafalFasal to repair coronavirus-hit supply chain
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Global digital payment solutions leader BPC and its SME marketplace SafalFasal said they have supported more than 75,000 Covid-hit farmers across India by offering technological and financial solutions to help the farm sector keep food and supply chain rollin
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