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Impossible to give loan waiver to farmers, says MP Agriculture Minister
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests by farmers spiralling across Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Agriculture Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen on Saturday categorically refused to provide any relief, saying the government has already been providing
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BJP stands in support of Shivraj Chouhan's indefinite fast
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): After Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to begin an indefinite fast for peace and talks with farmers on loan waivers and better prices for their produce, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has vowed to stand in support of his initiative stating that this act of th
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Tamil Nadu farmers resume their protest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 9 (ANI): In another raging farmer's agitation, farmers from Tamil Nadu, who have been demanding loan waivers, drought relief packages and formation of a Cauvery management board to resolve their irrigation issues, resumed their protest in the national
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Maharashtra: Protesting farmers continue to spill milk down roads
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Shirdi (Maharashtra) [India], June 2 (ANI): With the indefinite strike of farmers demanding crop loan waivers and better procurement prices entering its second day on Friday, the farmers continue to spill litres of milk down the road.
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Loan waiver ploy of 'anti-farmer' BJP: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Saturday accused the former of deceiving farmers in the guise of granting loan waiver.
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Panneerselvam meets PM Modi to discuss drought issue
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to seek the Centre's assistance under the Avinashi-Athikadavu groundwater recharge scheme and also loan waiver for the debt-ridden farmers.
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Tamil Nadu farmers' plight and their protests - A Timeline
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 23 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu farmers, who have been protesting in the capital for the past 40 days and demanding loan waivers, drought relief packages and formation of a Cauvery management board to resolve their irrigation issues, today hinted at withdrawing their agitatio
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TN farmers issue must be taken up at state level: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the issue regarding the ongoing agitation of Tamil Nadu farmers seeking loan waiver concerns the state, adding the matter should, therefore, be taken up by the state government.
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Stalin demands emergency assembly session over TN farmers' issue
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Apr 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday demanded the Tamil Nadu Speaker to convene an emergency assembly session to discuss the farmers' loan waiver issue.
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DMK convenes all-party meet to deliberate TN farmers' woes
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has convened an all-party meeting to deliberate the woes of the farmers of drought-hit Tamil Nadu agitating for a crop loan waiver.
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BJP rubbishes Samajwadi Party's allegation post farm-loan waiver
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday rubbished the Samajwadi Party's charges that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to fulfill the promises made to the farmers and said that the opposition has been leveling baseless a
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Mayawati attacks BJP on waiver of farmers loans
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr.5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of cheating farmers by setting limits on loan waivers in Uttar Pradesh.
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