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Cabinet clears pension scheme for small farmers, traders
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): In its first meeting after the NDA returned to power, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved a pension scheme for small-marginal farmers and small retailers and also extended the scope of the direct income support scheme for farmers by removing the ceiling o
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Cabinet clears farmer pension plan, widens scope of PM-KISAN scheme
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 31 (ANI): Addressing rural distress in its first meeting on Friday, the Union Cabinet approved a new pension scheme for small and marginal farmers across the country and extended the ambit of the direct income support scheme for farmers by removing the ceiling of tw
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Haryana Budget Session: Rs 2,000 credited in accounts of over 10 lakh farm
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Haryana is well on way to achieving the distinction of becoming the first state in the country to disburse first quarterly installment of Rs 2,000 to each of over 10 lakh small and marginal farmers under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samm
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Kisan Congress to give Rs 17 DD to PMO as a mark of taunt
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) will give a demand draft (DD) of Rs 17 to the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PMO) on Tuesday, apparently to mock the Centre’s scheme to give Rs 6,000 annually to marginal farmers as announced in the interim Budget.
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Interim Budget was just a 'trailer', more to follow after polls: PM
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Durgapur/Thakurnagar, (West Bengal) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): The financial support of Rs 6000 to each of the marginal farmers, which will involve a total outlay of Rs 75,000 crore, is not a one-time affair but will be given every year annually, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday a
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Odisha CM Patnaik welcomes tax benefits for middle, lower income groups
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday welcomed the tax benefits proposed for middle and lower income groups and the direct benefit transfer proposed for small and marginal farmers on the line of Odisha's KALIA scheme.
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Interim Budget: PM-KISAN draws mixed response from farmers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Farmers and their concerned organizations across India seem to be divided on the central government’s latest announcement to introduce a new scheme in the agriculture sector which will entail payment of Rs 6,000 annually to each of the 12 crore margin
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Financial support to farmers is not “dole” but mark of respect for ‘anna d
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The scheme to give financial support to marginal farmers is “not a dole” or “charity” but a mark of “respect” for the agriculturists who feed the nation, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, hours after making th
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Govt announces new scheme to give Rs 6000 annually to 12 cr marginal farme
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government on Friday announced a new scheme in the agriculture sector which will entail payment of Rs 6,000 annually to each of the 12 crore marginal farmers in the country.
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FOCUS project in Nagaland for small & marginal farmers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): To help small and marginal farmers to overcome the challenges in the agriculture, the Nagaland government recently launched the Fostering Climate Resilient Upland Farming Systems (FOCUS) project amounting to a total cost of Rs 612.42 crore.
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Punjab CM gives debt relief to over 1 lakh farmers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday gave debt relief against commercial bank loans to the tune of Rs 1771 crore to 1, 09,730 eligible marginal farmers in four districts. He has also announced the extension of the waiver scheme to far
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Tough RBI tightens PSL norms for foreign banks
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 5. (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday tightened Priority Sector Lending (PSL) norms for foreign banks by directing them to mandatorily create sub-targets so that they lend a portion of their loans to small and marginal farmers, micro enterprises (MSMEs) f
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