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Maharashtra: Governor announces financial relief to affected farmers
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday took stock of the damage to crops caused by the unseasonal rains during October-November and announced financial relief to the affected farmers.
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Trans Ganga city protest: Agitated farmers pelt stones at JCB machine over
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Scores of farmers in Unnao pelted stones at the JCB machine which was deployed to carry out work for the high-tech trans-Ganga city, claiming that they have not received compensation for their land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial De
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Stubble burning is not the only reason for air pollution: BS Hooda
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said that stubble burning is not the only reason behind air pollution and urged the central and state governments to provide an alternative to farmers.
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J-K: Apple harvest suffers due to snowfall in Shopian, Pulwama
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Heavy snowfall in Pulwama and Shopian region of the union territory has caused massive damage to apple orchards in the Kashmir valley.
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Punjab: Rs 19.09 cr compensation to 29,343 farmers for not burning paddy r
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has so far disbursed over Rs 19.09 crore to 29,343 non-basmati paddy cultivating small and marginal farmers from across the state, who have not burnt the paddy residue.
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Earthworms, key to double farmers income and much more, claims Union Minis
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Narendra Modi government has sought to take help of earthworms for its ambitious project to double the farmers' income in the country in the next few years.
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Maha: Pawar takes stock of crops destroyed due to unseasonal rains, assure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday took stock of crop loses in the region due to unseasonal rains and said that he will speak to Central government and concerned minister for appropriate assistance to farmers.
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AP government to launch farmer welfare schemes on World Fisheries day
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government will be launching a number of measures for the welfare of fisherman as part of its World Fisheries Day celebration events on November 21.
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Fadnavis requests Maharashtra Guv to release funds for farmers affected du
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and requested him to release the funds for the relief of farmers affected due to unseasonal rains in the state.
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Shiv Sena-NCP-INC joint delegation to meet Maharashtra Guv tomorrow over f
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress leaders have sought time from Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for a meeting on Saturday to discuss farmers issue.
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Chhattisgarh CM urges Centre to procure rice from state for central pool
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 15 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday met Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan in New Delhi and urged them to procure rice from Chhattisgarh for the central pool.
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Turkish birds imported to boost poultry farming in Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): In a bid to boost poultry farming in Kashmir, the scientists of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) have imported Turkey to distribute among farmers and train them in its farming.
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