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Floods: PM Modi assures proactive insurance to farmers facing losses
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grave concern over the flood situation affecting several parts of India, and assurance the crop insurance companies have been made proactive to ensure speedy settlement of the loss caused to the farmers.
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Farmers in Garo Hills switch to banana cultivation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya),[India] July 28 (ANI): Meghalaya with its favorable climate for various crops cultivation switched from widespread jhum cultivation to banana cultivation.
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Farm loan waiver: Maharashtra to launch mobile app to help farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July27 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that the state government would soon launch a mobile app for farmers to apply online for the loan waiver and for this, the government has opened nearly 26,000 facilitation centers t
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Kashmiri farmers satisfied with bumper plum crop production
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 27 (ANI): Good spells of rain and moderate temperature have yielded a bumper plum crop for Kashmir Valley farmers as compared to last year.
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IFFCO inks pact with Sikkim Govt.to explore business opportunities in orga
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The world's largest processed fertilizer cooperative, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), today announced signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Sikkim.
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DMK passes resolution on fulfilling demands of the protesting farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 20 (ANI): In a secretary meeting of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), headed by DMK chief M.K. Stalin, the party decided to pass the resolution of fulfilling the demands of the protesting farmers, here on Thursday.
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Centre creating barrier for Oppn to talk about farmer crisis: JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) has accused the government of creating a 'barrier' by not letting the opposition talk about the farmers' issue in the Parliament.
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Post 'farmer-GST' jibe, BJP reminds Rahul Gandhi of "Parlia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru / New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): After Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Centre alleging that it was not willing to discuss farmers' issues in Parliament and that its decision to implement the GST was taken in haste, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the Congress
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Venkaiah Naidu: From humble beginnings to BJP's indispensable cog
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu has come a long way from his humble roots. From being a farmers' son to a Union Minister and now being handpicked as the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) pick for the post of Vice President, he has proven to become an
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Congress added fuel to fire in Mandsaur farmers' agitation: Shivraj S
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said the Mandsaur farmers' agitation was fuelled by the Congress party.
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We are not being allowed to speak on farmers' issues: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Banswara (Rajasthan) [India] July 19 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government as to why his party and other members of the opposition were not being allowed to speak about issues related to farmers' in the Parliament.
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Walked out as Chair rejected discussion on farmers' plight: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday said that the party walked out of the Lok Sabha, because the Chair rejected their demand to discuss issues related to farmers' plight.
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