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SC-appointed panel holds first meet on new farm laws in New Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The first meeting of the Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to deliberate with concerned stakeholders on recently notified three farm laws, was held on Tuesday, said Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
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S Korea culled nearly 19 million poultry animals in 2 months over bird flu
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): A total of 18.8 million chickens and other poultry animals have been culled at farms across South Korea as part of measures to curb the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affai
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Paddy procurement rises by 24.98 pc compared to last year
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Tuesday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 24.98 per cent with purchase of over 506.33 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy up to January 4 against 405.10 LMT la
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Farmer unions accept government's invitation for dialogue on Dec 30, put u
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a joint front of almost 40 farmer organizations on Tuesday wrote to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue on December 30 as the next date for the meeting.
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Farmer unions ask centre to resume talks on agri laws on Dec 29
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27(ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a joint front of almost 40 farmer organisations, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare accepting the Centre's offer for dialogue and proposed December 29 as the next date for the meeting.
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Paddy procurement shows increase of 23.67 pc over last year
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced on Thursday that paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 session showed an increase of 23.67 per cent with purchase of over 436.20 lakh metric tonnes of paddy up to December 23, 2020 against 352.70 L
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Fijian govt takes swift action to help cyclone-affected farmers
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture will provide farming materials to cyclone-affected farmers in the north, Agriculture Minister Mahendra Reddy said on Tuesday.
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France confirms H5N8 avian influenza outbreak on duck farm
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): France's Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday that a highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza had been detected on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming the country's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.
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IPGA Knowledge Series Webinar on Lentils brings forth deep insights on the
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 17 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India's pulses trade and industry, hosted THE IPGA KNOWLEDGE SERIES WEBINAR ON LENTILS with domain experts like Dr S K Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner,
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Centre continues procurement of Kharif crops at MSP from farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): With the commencement of the Kharif marketing season, the Central government is continuing to procure Kharif crops at its minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said on Monday.
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Govt continues to procure Kharif crops as per existing MSP schemes: Minist
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Kharif marketing season 2020-21 has just begun and the government continues to procure Kharif crops at MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes as done in previous seasons, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Tuesday.
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NCDC sanctions Rs 19,444 crores in first installment for MSP operations su
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has sanctioned Rs 19,444 crores as the first installment to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for Kharif paddy procurement under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations, according to
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