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MP: Congress' Digvijaya Singh asks state govt to provide DAP fertiliser to
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Expressing concern to farmers, Singh shared a video on his official X handle and wrote, "MP farmers are facing a new problem every day. First, they did not get the fair price for Soybean crop and now due to the mismanagement of the government, they are facing the unavailability of DAP fertil
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PoGB: Protesters demand action on wheat quota cuts, substandard flour supp
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Locals and members of the Tahafuz Wheat Movement staged a protest outside the Gilgit Press Club in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan, voicing their concerns over a significant reduction in the wheat quota and the distribution of substandard flour in the region, according to Pamir Times.
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Protests erupt in Gilgit-Baltistan over reduction of subsidised wheat flou
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Several protesters took to the streets, vocally expressing their opposition to the administration's plan to reduce and eventually eliminate the subsidised wheat flour. They were seen chanting slogans while denouncing the government's actions, reflecting their frustration and anger.
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HarvestPlus Solutions and COFCO International Launch Punjab's First Nutrit
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 9: HarvestPlus Solutions and COFCO International India have reached a significant milestone in addressing micronutrient deficiencies among school-age children with the launch of the Nutri-Pathshala Model in Punjab and Haryana. This groundbreaking initiati
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Awami Action Committee protests against tax hikes, wheat supply failures i
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The demonstration was in response to the imposition of new taxes, a reduction in the wheat quota for July, and a failure to supply wheat for the past two months.
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Locals reject citizen survey in PoGB, call it deception
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Several representatives of Awami Tehreek along with several NGOs and social organisations recently organised a press briefing in the Skardu district of Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) to register their dissent against the survey and digitalization of distribution network of the whe
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Punjab, Haryana must review farmers' incentive to diversify from paddy-whe
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The government of Punjab and Haryana must re-purpose their subsidy policy towards rice and wheat farmers to diversify the crop pattern in these green revolution states, which are under deep stress, recommended Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in a repo
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In yet another curse for locals, Pakistan taxes wheat flour heavily
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The rampant inflation and heavy sales tax imposed upon all commodities by Pakistan has now become a matter of severe concern for the general public.
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"Rajaram - DCM Shriram Scholarship" Launched at the DialogueNEXT Conferenc
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) today unveiled the bust of Dr Sanjaya Rajaram - One of world's most influential wheat breeders and World Food Prize Laureate and- at the DialogueNEXT conference, held at CIMMYT, Mexico on 10-11 July 202
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Farmers in Shimla's Kupvi cultivate millets under MGNREGA initiative
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Authorities in Kupvi subdivision of Chopal Tehsil in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, are drawing farmers' attention to the benefits of growing millets through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This initiative highlights the nutritional benefits of mille
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Pak government reverses flour export policy amid protests
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistan Ministry of Commerce issued two notifications that withdrew the March 29 order that allowed millers to export flour made from imported wheat
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Pakistan imposes ban on wheat import, flour export
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistani government has taken steps to regulate the country's wheat market by banning the import of wheat and the export of flour on Friday, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Commerce.
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