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Farmers are 'annadatas', allegations should not be made against them: Rajn
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Noting that farmers are "annadatas" and "backbone of the economy," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday strongly disapproved of remarks such as "Naxals" or "Khalistanis" in the context of protesting farmers and said "allegations should not be m
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Centre, seeks procurement of rice by FCI
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to give permission as per the 'in-principle approval' for procurement of 26 lakh metric
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal flags Cotton Corporation's ceiling on procurement
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 27 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said that the "apprehensions of farmers were already coming true" in Punjab with the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) putting daily ceilings on procureme
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MSP will continue, no one can take away land from farmers: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured that farmers that the minimum support price (MSP) for their agricultural produce and mandis will continue and asserted that no one can take away land from farmers.
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Rajnath Singh urges farmers to let new agri laws implemented for 2 years,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday urged the protesting farmers to let the three Central farm laws remain implemented for a year or two and assured that the government will make the required amendments if the farmers thought that these laws were no
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PM Modi is the true well-wisher of farmers: Amit Shah
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the true well-wisher of farmers.
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Paddy procurement shows increase of 23.67 pc over last year
Updated : 5 years, 3 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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At Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, Tomar says farm acts envisa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the three farm acts brought by the central government are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far which will benefit farmers and strengthen Indian agriculture which is the bac
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Will leave politics if someone tries to abolish MSP, says Haryana CM Khatt
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Narnaul (Haryana) [India], December 21 (ANI): In an attempt to reassure the farmers, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, on Sunday said that if someone tries to abolish Minimum Support Price (MSP) then he will leave politics.
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Farmer destroys cauliflower crops over poor prices, says 'forced to sell p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the ongoing farmers' protests against farm laws and minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, a farmer in Shamli's Mayapuri village destroyed his standing crop of cauliflowers, claiming that he was being forced to sell his p
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Tomar writes open letter to farmers; says reforms done for their welfare,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Amid protests on Delhi borders against new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has written an open letter to farmers, saying "misunderstanding has been created among some farmer unions" and "white lies" are being spread on minimum suppo
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Kejriwal tears farm laws copies in assembly, accuses BJP of bringing them
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday tore the copies of the three recently enacted farm laws in the special assembly session and accused the BJP of bringing these laws to get funds for elections.
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