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Uddhav Thackeray threatens insurance companies over non-payment of crop cl
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday threatened the insurance companies over the non-payment of farmers' crop claims under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme.
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Government is with you, Maha Cabinet Minister Deshmukh and Bonde to farmer
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): Two Maharashtra cabinet ministers on Saturday assured government support to distressed crop growers and appealed to them to not commit suicide.
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Castrol India sows seeds of good health for farmers with Castrol Khet Aasa
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Castrol India Limited, the leading automotive and industrial lubricant manufacturing company in the country, today announced its health outreach programme for the food providers of the nation - the farming community.
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Centre to use digital technology to transform agriculture, double farmers'
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New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): In a bid to double farmers' income by the year 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is set to use digital technology to modernise and organise agricultural activities in rural India.
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On Rahul Gandhi's birthday, NSUI offers to pay fee of slain security perso
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New Delhi (India), June 19 (ANI): Congress' student wing NSUI on Wednesday announced to pay a year's fee of Delhi University students whose security personnel or farmer parents died on duty or committed suicide due to farm loan.
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Strict action will be taken against firm selling unapproved cotton seeds:
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Akola (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): Strict action will be taken against the companies which are selling unapproved cotton seeds to farmers in the state, said Agriculture Minister Sadabhau Khot on Tuesday.
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Ingenious 'bike' for climbing Areca nut tree to make farmers' lives easier
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): In wake of the fact that there is a shortage of traditional Areca nut tree climbers, farmers here are finding it difficult to sustain the Areca nut plantation. However, a 48-year-old farmer, Ganapathi, took it as a challenge and invented ingeniou
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Manipur farmers opt for lesser pesticides to yield better profits
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Bishnupur (Manipur) [India], June 15 (ANI): Farming in Manipur is changing one farmhand at a time, wherein Heirangkhongjam Shantikumar, a native of Leimaram Mamang Leikai village, cultivates crops on his 1.5 hectares (approx.) of land on minimal pesticides with a profit of Rs 5 lakh annuall
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Odisha govt to bring out updated Agricultural Policy, focus on enhancing f
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Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): Odisha government has initiated steps to bring out an updated and dynamic "Agricultural Policy" keeping in tune with the changing conditions of agriculture and its market.
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UP govt is terrorising journalists and farmers: Priyanka
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New Delhi (India), June 11 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said that instead of working on public issues, Uttar Pradesh government is terrorising journalists, farmers and their representatives.
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Despite availability of water, farmers of this village in Udhampur is losi
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Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 10 (ANI): Despite having water in abundance, farmers in the mountainous region of Udhampur are not able to irrigate their produce.
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Government focusing on doubling farmers' income: CM Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): After inaugurating the fourth session of 'Million Farmers' School,' an Agriculture Department initiative, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that he himself monitors the farmer related issues every day and the government is trying to
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