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Rahul’s LS poll pitch: Promises to waive-loans of Odisha farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday announced that his party would waive loans of Odisha framers within 10 days if it forms the government at the Centre.
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Sops to farmers, SMEs may inflate fiscal deficit: Moody's
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Recent policy measures announced by Indian government raise the risk of fiscal slippage in absence of new revenue boosting measures, global financial services major Moody's warned on Friday.
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Capt. Amarinder lashes out at Centre for failure to help beleaguered farme
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at the BJP-led central government for failing to come to the rescue of the beleaguered farmers and said that farmer suicides will continue in Punjab and other states if the Cen
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Congress loan waiver promises a sham: BJP
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday dubbed Congress' farmer loan waivers promise as a "lie" and said that farmers who did not take any debt have been listed as beneficiaries of the farm loan waiver.
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Farm loan waivers of Rs 10, Rs 20 a cruel joke: Shivraj Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Jan 24 (ANI): BJP leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday termed as a "cruel joke", the reports of farmers being handed paltry sums as low as Rs 10 as farm loan waivers.
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BJP-affiliated farmers in Amethi raise anti-Rahul Gandhi slogans
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): BJP-affiliated farmers staged a protest and raised slogans against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
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MP: Farmer dies of cardiac arrest after coming to know he had huge loan on
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): A farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district lost life due to cardiac arrest after getting to know that he had a huge amount of loan on him whereas he had not taken it as claimed by the family.
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Need Reforms in agriculture sector if we want to double farmer's income: N
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Doubling Farmers Income by 2022 cannot be achieved if we are not able to bring reforms in Agriculture sector, said that government think tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday.
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BJP govt schemes didn’t help farmers: MP Agriculture Min
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): State Agricultural Minister Sachin Yadav on Tuesday said that previous government’s “Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana” failed to improve the condition of the poverty-ridden farmers.
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Within 100 days, all those oppressed will be free, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Rahul Gandhi on Sunday vowed that within 100 days, all unemployed youth, oppressed farmers and other neglected people will be freed from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government's "tyranny and incompetence."
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Telangana govt to waive agricultural loans: Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) India, Jan 19: In a bid to address farmers' distress, the Telangana Government has decided to waive loans upto Rs 1 Lakh taken by them, Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan said Saturday.
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Agri-fair in Manipur emphasises on farmers' innovative ideas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Agriculture is the predominant occupation of the people of Manipur and the main source of livelihood of the region. It also forms a major share of the total State Domestic Product.
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