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Rs 8,180 cr payment for wheat transferred directly into Punjab farmers' ac
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): For the first time, farmers of Punjab have started receiving payments directly into their bank accounts against sale of their wheat crop to the Government of India. About Rs 8,180 crore has already been transferred directly into Punjab farmers' account, the
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Ludhiana farmers complain of shortage of gunny bags
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 15 (ANI): Farmers in Ludhiana have said that they are facing delays in selling their produce in mandi due to a "shortage of gunny bags".
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FCI harassing farmers at Narela Mandi, No counter for procurement of wheat
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Delhi Agriculture Minister Gopal Rai said that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) is harassing farmers as not a single counter has been set up for the procurement of wheat crop at the wholesale grain market in Narela.
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Troubled by burning of standing crop of wheat, MP farmer kills self
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): A farmer, troubled by the burning of a standing crop of wheat, has committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh by drinking pesticide.
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Uttarakhand: Wheat crop spread across 25 acres destroyed by fire
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khatima (Uttarakhand) [India], April 1 (ANI): Wheat crops spread across 25 acres of land in the Khatima area in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district was reduced to ashes after a fire broke out here on Thursday, the fire department said.
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Rains damage wheat at over 25 procurement centres in Shajapur, Madhya Prad
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): A large quantity of wheat has been damaged in over 25 wheat procurement centres with the commencement of monsoon in Shajapur district.
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Punjab extends crop procurement date upto June 15
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Punjab government has extended the crop procurement date from April 15 to June 15 in order to assist the farmers in selling their farm produce. This comes in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
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Haryana: Unseasonal rain, hailstorm damage crops in Rohtak
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in Rohtak have damaged crops, leaving farmers distressed.
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Hema Malini in full campaign mode, seen working in field with workers harv
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician and BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from Mathura parliamentary constituency, Hema Malini who kickstarted her poll campaigning on Sunday was seen lending a hand to women working in a wheat field, carrying bundles of freshly h
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Sidhu announces compensation to farmers from his pocket
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Othian (Punjab) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Even before the government machinery could move to give compensation to the farmers who lost their standing wheat crop in a fire incident on Saturday, local body minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday announced to give Rs. 24 lakh as compensation to them
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