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Congress MLA urges Haryana CM to arrange for machinery for farmers to harv
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 31: Congress leader and Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to make arrangements like harvesting machines and combines (harvester) for the reaping of wheat and mustered crop amid nationwide lockdown.
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Telangana CM appeals to migrants to stay, announces financial aid, ration
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday said that the migrants in Telangana will get financial assistance of Rs 500 and 12-kilogram rice or wheat flour amid nationwide lockdown while appealing them to stay at their places.
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Harvesting, procurement of crops should be declared part of essential serv
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday said that harvesting and procurement operations should be declared part of essential services during the lockdown, saying that wheat in an area of 334 lakh hectare was ready to be harvested and a farmer will lose 40 per cent of stan
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5 kg of rice, 1 kg pulses per family under PMGKAY: Nadda
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Thursday said that five kg each of rice and wheat and one kg of pulses will be given to every family free of cost under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
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Additional 5 kilograms of rice or wheat, 1 kg pulses to be provided to 80
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that 8.69 crore farmers will get immediate help during the lockdown period through direct cash transfers in the first week of April.
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Centre earmarks Rs 1.80 lakh crores for providing subsidised wheat, rice :
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): In the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown, the Centre has earmarked Rs 1.80 lakh crores for providing wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday.
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COVID-19: Odisha to dole out 3 months ration to food scheme beneficiaries
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus, the Odisha government has decided to distribute rice, wheat and kerosene to the beneficiaries of National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme for three months in advance.
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Uttarakhand govt increases wheat procurement price to Rs 1,925 per quintal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Dehradun(Uttarakhand) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government will purchase wheat from farmers at the rate of Rs 1925 per quintal for the Rabi procurement season 2020-21, said Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday.
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Govt announces formula for fixing MSP for paddy and wheat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday that government has fixed minimum support prices (MSPs) of 22 mandated crops including paddy, wheat for every agricultural year fair & remunerative pr
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BJP promises wheat flour at Rs 2 per kg for poor ahead of Delhi polls
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari on Friday said that if BJP is voted to power in the national capital then it will provide wheat flour at Rs 2 per kg for the poor.
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Wheat flour price hikes up to PKR 75 per kg in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan 21 (ANI): Wheat flour price has hiked up to PKR (Pakistani Rupee) 75 per kg for the first time ever in several Pakistani cities amid a serious shortage of supplies, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Sown area of rabi crops increases by 35.9 lakh hectare
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): The total area sown under rabi crops as on December 27 stands at 571.84 lakh hectares as compared to 536.35 lakh hectare for the corresponding period last year according to preliminary reports received from the states.
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