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Mango farmers suffer huge loss due to lockdown in Moradabad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Mango farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad have been suffering from huge losses as they are not able to get pesticides for their mango trees during nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.
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Vegetable farmers bearing brunt of lockdown in Ludhiana
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown has strongly affected farmers in Ludhiana as their produce has been destroyed due to lack of fertilizers and pesticides.
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COVID-19 lockdown hits Muzaffarpur's Litchi growers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): Bihar's Litchi farmers are staring at huge losses in the wake of nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, as traders from across the States are unable to make their way to Muzaffarpur to purchase the fruit.
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Tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj incur huge losses amid coronavirus lockd
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kishanganj (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj as the crops have dried in the absence of workers to harvest them.
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Kerala's Horticorp procures bananas from farmers amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala state government body Horticorp has started procuring bananas from farmers directly in Wayanad district as they were not able to sell their produce due to nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus spread in the country.
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Centre relaxes norms for PM-KISAN beneficiaries in Assam, Meghalaya, UTs o
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval to relax the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding of data in respect of beneficiaries in Assam, Meghalaya, and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh
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COVID-19: Assam CM orders strict screening of truck drivers entering state
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], April 22 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday directed the concerned officials in Kokrajhar and Dhubri to strictly screen the truck drivers and their associates entering the region, at Boxirhat and Srirampur gates, for coronavirus symptoms.
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Farmers in Delhi's Yamuna Khadar face many problems amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Farmers in Yamuna Khadar area of Delhi have complained that they are facing multiple problems.
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Harvesting of wheat, delayed by lockdown, begins in Varanasi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 20 (ANI): Harvesting of wheat, deferred by the farmers in Varanasi, due to the national lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus, has now begun.
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Summer crop sowing is 14 per cent higher over corresponding period last ye
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid the current COVID-19 crisis, farmers across India are toiling against all adversities. Their efforts, coupled with timely intervention by the Central and State Governments, have ensured that there is minimal or no disruption to harvesting activities an
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Our woes doubled due to lockdown 2.0: Vegetable farmers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The lockdown 2.0 have worsened the plight of farmers growing vegetables in the South West Delhi where many of these farmers are not getting labour, other resources to market their products which has resulted in the loss of their earning.
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Kerala govt steps up efforts to help Passion fruit growers in selling prod
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Idukki (Kerala) [India], April 19 (ANI): Horticorp, the government body has started procuring passion fruits from farmers in Munnar after authorities came to know about the plight of many small scale farmers during the lockdown.
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