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Farmers suffered when Cong was in power: PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday fired a fresh salvo at the Congress party, accusing them of not fulfilling promises made to farmers and ignoring them when the party was ruling the country or any state.
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Rs 2,o43 cr paid to state farmers for grains this year: Adityanath
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Dec 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the state government has paid around Rs 2,o43 crore to the state farmers for 11,86,000 metric tonne of grains.
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Would focus on farmers, youth: Rajasthan's deputy CM designate Sachin Pilo
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Rajasthan's Deputy Chief Minister-designate Sachin Pilot on Friday asserted that the government will priortise issues of farmers and youth soon after taking oath on December 17.
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It often goes to best connected than poor: Rajan on farmer loan waivers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday claimed that the loan waivers for farmers actually go to the "best connected rather than the poorest".
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Nashik: Two farmers dump their onion produce as prices fell
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) Dec 13 (ANI): Two distressed farmers in Satana town of Nashik district on Thursday dumped their onions on road to protest against a steep fall in the wholesale price of one of their key crops.
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Chouhan reminds Congress of loan waiver within 10 days
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Asserting that BJP will present a strong and constructive opposition in the state with 109 seats in its tally, Madhya Pradesh's former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday reminded the Congress of its promise to waive off loan to fa
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Centre fooling people by ignoring real issues, fighting for Ram: Farooq Ab
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI): National Conference (NC) chairman Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that the Central government is allegedly fooling the people of the country by ignoring real issues of farmers, unemployment, and Dalits, and is fighting for the Ram temple.
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Chief Minister Khattar pins hope on KKP for doubling farmers' income
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana), [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the establishment of Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran (KKP) will play a very important role in doubling farmers' income by integrating different schemes and policies.
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Punjab CM gives debt relief to over 1 lakh farmers
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday gave debt relief against commercial bank loans to the tune of Rs 1771 crore to 1, 09,730 eligible marginal farmers in four districts. He has also announced the extension of the waiver scheme to far
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Cabinet approves Agricultural export policy to double farmers' income by 2
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 7 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Agriculture Export Policy, 2018 with an aim to double farmers' income by 2022. Exports of agricultural products would play a pivotal role in achieving this goal.
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Rajasthan: Mehendi farmers say duplicity is wrecking business
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Pali (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 06 (ANI): Sojat Tehsil of Pali district is famous for mehendi farming. The mehendi leaves of this place travel all over the world for its quality, yet, many farmers here have stopped producing the same due to the availability of duplicate products in the market.
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Congress had led to agrarian distress: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 4 (ANI): In the backdrop of recently-held farmers' protest march in Delhi, Union Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley asserted that inadequacy of the resources pumped into the agricultural sector by the Congress had led to both an agrarian distress
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