Farmer
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UP farmers duped as quintals of seeds supplied only on paper
India | Jun 04, 2019, 06:04 PM ISTQuintals of seeds meant for distribution to poor farmers were purchased and supplied, but merely on paper, by top officials of Uttar Pradesh government.
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PM-Kisan scheme: About 4.74 crore farmers to get second installment from next month
National | Mar 23, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTOf these 4.74 crore beneficiaries, 2.74 crore farmers have so far received the first installment and the rest will be covered by month-end, he said.
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Uttarakhand: Farmers to get bonus on per quintal of wheat sold
India | Mar 05, 2019, 05:05 PM ISTThe centre has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,840 per quintal. The Chief Minister has directed that farmers should get a bonus of Rs 20 per quintal of wheat sold by them as an addition, an official release in Dehradun said.
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Chhattisgarh government to waive Rs 207 crore irrigation tax of farmers
India | Jan 26, 2019, 04:43 PM ISTIn a move that will benefit 15 lakh farmers in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Saturday announced to waive their outstanding irrigation taxes worth Rs 207 crore.
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Madhya Pradesh farmer gets loan waiver of Rs 13 instead of Rs 24,000
India | Jan 24, 2019, 09:11 PM ISTA 55-year-old farmer in Madhya Pradesh was taken aback when he got a loan waiver of just Rs 13 instead of Rs 23,815 he was eligible for under a scheme announced by the newly elected Congress government.
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Budget 2019 to be dedicated to farmers: Agriculture Minister
Business | Jan 25, 2019, 04:20 PM ISTWhile the budgetary outlay of the Agriculture Ministry was Rs 1.21 lakh crore during 2009-2014 of the previous government, the Modi government had increased it to Rs 2.11 crore during 2014-19, he said.
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Madhya Pradesh: Farmer throws himself at collector's feet for power connection
India | Dec 31, 2018, 11:27 PM ISTFailing to get electricity after several requests, a farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri fell to the feet of district collector requesting for a power connection in his field, according to a video which went viral on social media.
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Government mulls zero interest on timely crop loan repayment as new year gift
India | Dec 28, 2018, 07:22 PM ISTTo address farmers' distress ahead of 2019 general elections, the government is considering waiving interest on crop loans for farmers who pay on time, costing an additional Rs 15,000 crore to the exchequer, according to sources.
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Maharashtra farmer dies after accidentally falling from Delhi building
India | Dec 01, 2018, 10:41 PM ISTKiran Santapa, a resident of Kolhapur district, was found lying on the floor at Ambedkar Bhawan in Paharganj area around 3.15 am, a senior police officer said.
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Maharashtra government justifies online application process for farm loan waiver
National | Jul 11, 2018, 04:40 PM ISTThe BJP-led state government had in June last year launched a scheme to provide Rs 34,000 crore debt relief to 89 lakh financially distressed farmers.
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PM Modi interacts with farmers across the country through NaMo App
News | Jun 20, 2018, 10:52 AM ISTOur govt is working to ensure that the incomes of our farmers doubles by 2022. For that we are facilitating needed assistance wherever required. We have faith in the farmers of India: PM Modi while addressing farmers via video conferencing.
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Engineer turned Farmer Ravi Marshetwar grafts 51 types of Mango on one tree
Trending | Jun 04, 2018, 12:47 PM ISTRavi became famous for one particular mango tree on his farm which is almost 50 years old, has 51 varieties of mangoes growing on it.
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Gujarat: Protests after self-immolation by Dalit farmer over delay in land allotment
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Shameful! UP min’s cavalcade runs over peasant’s farm, gives Rs 4,000 ‘compensation’
India | Oct 26, 2017, 07:38 PM ISTIn a shameful display of insensibility, one of Yogi Adityanath government’s ministers paid a paltry sum of Rs 4,000 as compensation to a peasant whose farm was run over by his cavalcade.
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Congress MLA slaps farmer in Aurangabad, Maharashtra
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Loans upto Rs. 3 lakhs made available to the farmers at 4 percent interest rate only
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Farmers' suicide: New study claims financial woes not the only reason for ending life
India | Jun 13, 2017, 07:00 PM ISTFinancial losses in times of an economic slowdown or harsh weather conditions damaging crops may not be the only reason pushing farmers to commit suicide
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Man beaten to death by ‘gau rakshaks’ was a dairy farmer, not a cattle smuggler: Report
India | Apr 06, 2017, 11:52 AM ISTDays after terrifying visuals of a Muslim man being beaten to death by a group of alleged ‘cow vigilantes’ in Rajasthan’s Alwar district stirred a row comes an equally appalling revelation in the case.
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UP CM Yogi Adityanath to hold first cabinet meeting, farmer's loan waiver likely to be discussed
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A Ludhiana farmer became an owner of ‘Swarna Shatabdi’ train! But can he take it home?
Life | Mar 19, 2017, 05:26 PM ISTA 45-year old Ludhiana farmer knocked the doors of the court to seek compensation as his land is acquired by the Northern Railways. What he got in return shook the entire nation with surprise. He got the entire Swarna Shatabdi train that runs between