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Loan waiver will give farmers' relief: Karnataka Minister
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] June 21 (ANI): With the Karnataka Government announcing a waiver of short term loans of farmers till Rs.50,000 from cooperative banks, the state's Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, T.B. Jayachandra, said Wednesday that a certain amount of relief will
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Punjab: Farmers protest over farm loan waiver issue on NH-1
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 21 (ANI): Farmers in Ludhiana staged a protest on the issue of farm loan waiver and implementation of Swaminathan Report on National Highway (NH-1) on Wednesday.
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Punjab Govt. announces loan waiver for 'marginal' farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] June 19 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans up to Rs. 2 lakh for small and marginal farmers up to 5 acres, and a flat Rs. 2 lakh relief for all other marginal farmers, irrespective of their loa
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SRM University, AP - Amaravati announces scholarship for meritorious stude
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI-NewsVoir): SRM University AP - Amaravati is offering scholarships to the most deserving students. Students getting an aggregate of 90 percent and above in PCM subjects in CBSE or an aggregate of 95 percent and above in PCM subjects in any state board would be
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Fight is over right price for produce: BKU on farmers' loan waiver
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Wednesday said their fight is over the fact that the farmers are not getting the right price for what they produce.
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Will take 'big step' if farmers' loan waiver not implemente
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 14 (ANI): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has asserted that if farmers' loans are not written off completely by next month, his party would take a "big step" against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) Government in Maharashtra.
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Centre disassociates from farmer loan waivers, faces wrath of Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Soon after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the Centre's disassociation with loan waivers for farmers, the Congress party on Tuesday lashed out at the former, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must not make promises they cannot deliver.
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Congress forced Maha Govt to waive farmers' loans: Ashok Chavan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): After Maharashtra Government announced complete loan waiver to farmers, former state chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan said the development took shape as the state government was coerced to take this decision by the grand old party.
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Shiv Sena lauds Fadnavis on loan waiver to farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): In the wake of the state government's decision to waive off farmer loans, the Shiv Sena on Monday while backing the same, noted that it is a big victory for farmers who will finally be able to reap the benefit of their relentless agitation.
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Maharashtra Govt. announces complete loan waiver to farmers
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Sunday announced complete loan waiver to farmers.
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Impossible to give loan waiver to farmers, says MP Agriculture Minister
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests by farmers spiralling across Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Agriculture Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen on Saturday categorically refused to provide any relief, saying the government has already been providing
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BJP stands in support of Shivraj Chouhan's indefinite fast
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): After Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to begin an indefinite fast for peace and talks with farmers on loan waivers and better prices for their produce, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has vowed to stand in support of his initiative stating that this act of th
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