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Chinese tariffs on farmers 'not nice', says Trump
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Florida [U.S.A.], August 1 (ANI): Terming farmers of the United States as "true patriots", President Donald Trump has said that China's imposition of tariffs and trade measures on farmers is "not good" and "not nice."
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Pradhan meets Goyal to facilitate expeditious disbursal of crop insurance
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday met Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram among others to facilitate the expeditious disbursal of claims of the Pradhan Mantri Fasa
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Manipur hosts 11th pineapple festival
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [india], July 27 (ANI): Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla has recently inaugurated the 11th state-level pineapple festival, where sellers and buyers met to promote pineapple as a viable cash crop and help the farmers to attain a sustainable livelihood.
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Kumaraswamy welcomes BJP's Padayatra demanding waiver of farm loans
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Welcoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) three-day Padayatra, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that the party should also appreciate him for waiving farmers' loans in the state.
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Kumaraswamy lashes at pro-farm loan waive protesters
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Benguluru (Karnataka) [India], July 25 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy wondered recently why those farmers who have been protesting for complete loan waive did not vote for him in the assembly election in May.
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Farmers suffer as Bihar faces drought-like situation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], July 25 (ANI): As several districts of Bihar are reeling under a drought-like situation due to the shortage of rainfall, it alleviated the farmers' suffering.
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Trump administration announces $12 billion aid to farmers
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], July 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's administration will be offering up to USD 12 billion in aid to farmers.
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Jaitley counters Manmohan Singh's criticism
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the ruling government's claim of doubling farmers' income by 2022, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said the former need not be "pessimistic".
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Amit Shah recounts Modi Govt's schemes for farmers
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21, (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday highlighted the major steps undertaken by his government in order to ease the lives of farmers reeling under agrarian crisis.
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PM Modi to address farmers' rally in Shahjahanpur
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)[India], July 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a farmers' rally at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
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No-Confidence Motion: Mulayam questions Centre on unemployment, farmers pl
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday raised the issues of unemployment and farmers plight in his speech during the proceeding of the No-Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha.
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SSS workers call off protest in Maharashtra
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana (SSS) workers on Thursday called-off their protest demanding price hike for milk farmers.
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