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Odisha cabinet approves Agriculture Policy 2020
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 18 (ANI): Odisha cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday approved the Agriculture Policy 2020, 'SAMRIDHI' with objectives including ensuring continuous growth in farmers income, making the growth process inclusive of small and marginal f
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Punjab: Rs 19.09 cr compensation to 29,343 farmers for not burning paddy r
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has so far disbursed over Rs 19.09 crore to 29,343 non-basmati paddy cultivating small and marginal farmers from across the state, who have not burnt the paddy residue.
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Amarinder Singh orders govt deptts to incentivise farmers who refrained fr
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the Agriculture Department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who have
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Punjab govt will implement SC order to give incentives to farmers who shun
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that Punjab government will implement the order of the Supreme Court directing Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to give incentives for small and marginal farmers who shun stubble-burning.
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SC orders incentives for Punjab, Haryana and UP farmers who shun stubble-b
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered incentives for small and marginal farmers who shun stubble-burning, directing that Rs 100 per quintal be given to farmers for handling crop residue of non-basmati rice.
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Cabinet clears farmer pension plan, widens scope of PM-KISAN scheme
Updated : 6 years, 9 months 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 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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Odisha CM Patnaik welcomes tax benefits for middle, lower income groups
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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FOCUS project in Nagaland for small & marginal farmers
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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Tough RBI tightens PSL norms for foreign banks
Updated : 8 years 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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KisanKraft Ltd, govt of Andhra Pradesh sign Rs. 75 crore MoU
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): KisanKraft Ltd, manufacturer and wholesale distributor of high quality agricultural equipment for small and marginal farmers on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Andhra Pradesh for a Rs. 75 crore multi-facete
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World Bank signs USD 318 mn loan agreement to support climate resilient ag
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): The Government of India, along with the Government of Tamil Nadu signed a USD 318 million loan agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday, for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project to promote climate resilient agriculture technologies, impr
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