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NABARD to devise plan to help peach, walnut farmers of J-K
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is set to lay out a plan to help peach and walnut farmers in Jammu and Kashmir get increased yields and good prices, its chairman said.
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NABARD seeks credit disbursal from banks on monthly basis
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): To avoid situations like the PMC Bank scam, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has directed cooperative and regional rural banks to submit information about their credit disbursal every month.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges farmers to produce oilseeds
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.
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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre committed to growth of farmers, urges state
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Central Government is committed to rural development and has put farmer's upliftment on a larger map.
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Inclusion of occupational therapy in health policies among other demands o
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Nov 09 (ANI/NewsVoir): All India Occupational therapists' association (AIOTA) President Dr Anil Srivastava today urged Government to include Occupational Therapy (OT) in key policies such as the National Health Policy, Rural Health program, Clinical Establishment
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At least 150 houses destroyed, 2 people dead in wildfires in E Australia:
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Nov 9 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 150 houses were destroyed by bush fires in eastern Australia, the Rural Fire Service of the New South Wales region (NSW RFS) said on Saturday, adding that two people had lost their lives and seven were unaccounted for due to the fires.
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Moody's changes India's outlook to negative from stable, affirms Baa2 rati
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [USA], Nov 8 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on India's ratings to negative from stable and affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings.
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Karnataka Gramin Bank initiates 'mobile ATMs' to push digitisation in rura
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): In a move to boost digitisation in rural areas, the Karnataka Gramin Bank (KGB) has launched 'mobile ATMs' in Kalaburagi among several other districts in the state.
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Andhra: 'Skills on Wheels' bus to provide digital education in rural areas
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) launched 'Skills on Wheels' bus on Thursday from the corporation office here to provide digital education in rural areas of the state.
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Rural Development Minister releases wastelands atlas 2019
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday released Wastelands Atlas - 2019 that has geospatial information which will be helpful in turning wastelands to productive use through land development schemes.
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Dabur India Q2 consolidate net profit up 7 pc at Rs 403 crore
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 5 (ANI): FMCG major Dabur India Ltd said on Tuesday its consolidated net profit grew 7 per cent to end the July to September quarter at Rs 403 crore as against Rs 377 crore a year earlier.
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Tata Power, Rockefeller Foundation to set up renewable microgrid electrici
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Tata Power and Rockefeller Foundation on Monday announced the launch of a major new initiative to set up microgrids, which will address one of the most pervasive challenges in modern India: the lack of access to affordable, reliable electricity for lakhs of ru
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