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Amethi: Farmers face urea problem, complain of scarcity
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Farmers in Amethi are facing a shortage of urea and have complained of shortage in supply and long queues outside supply centers.
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Congress MPs sell potatoes outside Parliament to raise farmers' plight
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Several Congress MPs on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament premises on Friday, selling potatoes to raise issues concerning Punjab farmers.
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19 more Lok Sabha members suspended
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Upset over repeated disruptions, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday suspended 19 more MPs including those of AIADMK and TDP, for five consecutive sittings. Now the figure of suspended members has gone up to 43, who have faced the action since Wednes
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Radha Mohan Singh takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 02 (ANI): Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh took at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his tweet in which Gandhi missed out on question number three, jumping from question 2 to question 4.
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Loan waivers do not benefit majority of farmers: PM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Dubbing the loan waivers announced by the Congress governments as "political stunts", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that a majority of farmers do not benefit from these "misleading" announcements as only a few of them take loans from bank
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Telangana tops in GSDP with revenue growth of 29.97% for FY 2018-19: KCR
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Jan 1 (ANI): Telangana is a role model for the cause of farmers and it is at the top in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the country with revenue growth of 29.97 per cent for the financial year 2018-19, said the state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KC
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Odisha farmers to get Rs 5,000 for farm inputs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme for farmers and the landless in the state.
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Securing future of youth biggest challenge: CM Kamal Nath
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Sunday said that the biggest challenge he is faced with is securing the future of the youth of the state.
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PM Modi's remarks on loan waiver incorrect: K'taka CM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 30 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said that the remarks made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Karnataka farmers' loan waiver are "incorrect and thus very unfortunate for the nation."
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Congress cheating farmers by offering loan waiver 'lollipops': PM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 29 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the loan waivers announced by the Congress governments as "lollipops" and asked the famers to beware, saying these are the means to "cheat" them to get "instant political benefits".
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Varanasi: PM dedicates Rice Research Institute to nation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 29 (ANI): With an aim to double farmers' income, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) in Varanasi on Saturday.
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Cong using loan waiver 'lollipop' to cheat farmers: PM
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 29 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of cheating farmers in the name of loan waiver promises and asked the farming community to beware of such "lollipops".
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