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GST will bring economic change in lives of farmers, labourers: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Ahead of midnight Goods and Service Tax (GST) roll out, Union Minister Ananth Kumar on Friday asserted that the central aim of GST is village, farmers and labourers as it will bring an economic change in their lives.
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MP: Another debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Barwani
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 30 (ANI): Farmers suicide seems to be unending across Madhya Pradesh, as one more farmer has committed suicide on Friday in Barwani district.
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PM Modi inaugurates two water projects for Gujarat farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated two water projects in Gujarat's Modasa district, asserting that farmers across the state will soon get water through various irrigation schemes.
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Fast track interlinking river projects: Stalin writes to PM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 27 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) acting president M.K. Stalin on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to focus on interstate river linking projects to help farmers tackle drought in the country.
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Debt ridden farmer attempts suicide in Khatima
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Khatima (Uttarakhand) [India] June 25, (ANI): In yet another incident of farmers' suicide, a debt ridden farmer Ram Avatar, attempted suicide on Sunday in Uttrakhand's Khatima district.
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Chouhan asks Centre to purchase bumper crops
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said the Centre has given an assurance that it will buy onions and various kinds of lentils from farmers in the wake of a price fall and a 20 percent agriculture growth in the state this year.
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BJP accuses Cong. of politicising farmers' deaths, protests
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday expressed displeasure over the way the Congress has been reacting to the farmers' deaths and protests in Madhya Pradesh, adding that the grand old party was "simply taking advantage of the wh
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Naidu should apologise to farmers for his 'unfortunate' statemen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Terming Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu's "loan waiver has become a fashion now' statement" as 'unfortunate', the Congress Party on Friday said that the former should apologise to the farmers.
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Cong. corners Naidu over his loan waiver statement
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): In the wake of Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu's comment against loan waiver, Congress on Thursday said that former's party is "anti-farmer" and the Cabinet Minister "himself doesn't care about the farmers."
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Farmers protest on Thane-Badlapur highway under control, probe underway
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kalyan (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): Hours after the farmers' protest turned violent on the Thane-Badlapur highway, Thane Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said that situation was normal and a case of attempt to murder will be registered against the protestors.
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MP: Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Hoshangabad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): In yet another incident of farmers' suicide, a debt-ridden farmer attempted suicide on Thursday in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad and later passed away during the treatment in the hospital.
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Naidu's statement on loan waive has insulted farmers: CPI (M)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday slammed Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu for his statement against the farmers demanding loan waiver and said that monetary burden on the cultivators is an outcome of Centre failing to fulfil its promise of prov
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