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CPI-M demands legislation on profitable MSP for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill his poll promise of providing profitable Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers.
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Scindia says stigma of killing farmers is on Chouhan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday questioned Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's intention to tackle the ongoing farmer unrest in the state. He said the stigma of the death of six farmers due to police firi
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Maharashtra: Cong. MLA thrashes farmers over land dispute, says action was
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Even as the Maharashtra Government assuaged the anger of farmers by waiving off thier loans, a video of a farmer getting beaten up by Congress MLA from Sillod along with his supporters has gone viral.
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Centre re-introduced UPA Govt.'s interest subvention scheme 'out
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): After the Union Cabinet slashed the interest rates on farmers' loans and cleared the interest subvention scheme, the Congress on Thursday called on the Centre to stop fooling the farmers and have a 'reality check' instead.
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Making all attempts to ensure farmers' growth: MP CM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the state government was making all possible attempts to ensure farmers' growth.
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Farmers' killing in Mandsaur 'inhuman': Raju Shetty
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathana leader Raju Shetty on Wednesday dubbed the killing of farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur as inhuman and asserted that he will avenge the loss of life.
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Farmers, Dalit and poor always been top most priority: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that he was asked to keep farmers, dalits and poor in the top most important agenda in the state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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MP CM's meeting Mandsaur farmers is only PR exercise: CPI (M)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) on Wednesday demanded that both the state government and the central government should fulfill the promises made to the farmers three years ago, adding that the meeting of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj S
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BJP has become 'Yamraj' for farmers: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 14 (ANI): The Congress Party on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become 'Yamraj' for the farmers, adding that the rights of the farmers are being suppressed.
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Fight is over right price for produce: BKU on farmers' loan waiver
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Wednesday said their fight is over the fact that the farmers are not getting the right price for what they produce.
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Cabinet approves interest subvention scheme for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the interest subvention scheme for farmers with an allotment of total expenditure of Rs. 20,339 crores in the current financial year as interest subsidy on short term crop loans.
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Mandsaur violence: MP CM Chouhan meets farmers' families
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Days after ending his fast, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday met the families of the deceased farmers in Mandsaur.
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