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Government procures 34546 MT of pulses from farmers during Kharif season
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.26 (ANI): The government agencies have procured 34546.69 MT pulses- Moong and Urad as on 25.10.2016 during ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS).
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Farmers distressed as agricultural land in Kashmir on verge of collapse
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): A construction boom in Jammu and Kashmir is having an adverse impact on agricultural land.
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AAP distributes forms promising to waive off Punjab farmers' loans
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct. 21 (ANI): Attempting to woo the farmers of Punjab ahead of next year's assembly polls, the Arvind Kejriwal led-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been distributing forms declaring that it would waive off the farmers' loans after coming to power in the state.
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Centre to establish Krishi Vigyan Kendras in 687 districts
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.21 (ANI): The Centre has said that it will establish at least one Krishi Vigyan Kendra in each of the 687 districts of the country to provide technical assistance to farmers.
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Centres assures to achieve objective of 'water to every field' w
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): Asserting that the government is committed for the prosperity and welfare of farmers of India, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday said that within the time span of four years, the major objective of providin
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250 mandis linked with e-agriculture market
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 07 (ANI): In an endeavour to help farmers get a better price for their products, the Centre has integrated 250 mandis in ten states with the electronic national agriculture market (e-NAM) in the first phase.
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CAIT launches 'Alliance for Digital Bharat' to boost Digital Ind
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.7 (ANI-Businesswire India): In a significant development towards digitization of non-corporate sector, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) at a Conference held today at New Delhi launched a wider forum 'Alliance for Digital Bharat' consisting of nat
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K'taka bends to SC, agrees to release 6,000 cusecs of water to TN til
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.4 (ANI): A day after the Karnataka assembly passed a modified resolution to release water for farmers in the Cauvery Basin, the state on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will implement the order to release 6,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from October 1 to Oct
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BSF helps distraught farmers to grow crops amid tension on border
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ataari (Punjab) [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): Even as the situation in the border areas remain highly tensed, the Border Security Forces yesterday allowed the farmers in the border areas to cross the fencing to harvest their crop.
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Karnataka to release Cauvery water for its farmers, mum on SC directive
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct.3 (ANI): The Karnataka Assembly in its special session passed a resolution on Monday that the government would release the Cauvery water for the state's farmers.
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Unable to harvest crops, 'scared' farmers in Jammu reeling from
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct. 2 (ANI): Following the present situation at the Indo-Pak International border and the Line of Control (LoC) after the surgical strike on PoK militants camps, people residing along the Hiranagar border have started migrating after getting alert from th
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Kathua farmers worried for their crops as India-Pakistan ties on downswing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir),[India] Oct.1 (ANI): Farmers living in the border areas along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) are a worried lot these days, fearing that their cultivable or harvested crops will be extensively damaged should India and Pakistan expand the
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