Farmers
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Bihar man grows in-house mushrooms using straws and AC temperature
News | Sep 04, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTTaking to a unique mushroom cultivation method, Rajesh Singh from Gaya has ensured a steady income for his family.
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Punjab: Protesting farmers, seeking hike in sugarcane prices, to meet Cooperation Minister on Sunday
India | Aug 21, 2021, 08:24 PM ISTEarlier in the day, farmers said that if the government doesn't hold talks with us by Saturday evening, then they will a Punjab Bandh call.
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Punjab CM launches Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers
India | Aug 20, 2021, 05:57 PM ISTThe Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh said his government had decided to waive off loans amounting to Rs 520 crore of farm labor and landless farmers, with respect to the principal amount against their cooperative loans as of July 31, 2017, and simple interest at the rate of seven percent per annum on the above amount till March 6, 2019.
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MP: Farmers' leader threatens to move court against IMD's 'wrong' predictions
India | Aug 18, 2021, 02:57 PM ISTBharat Singh Bais, an Ujjain-based farmers' leader, said at times, farmers prepare themselves for sowing as per the IMD's weather forecast.
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Rakesh Tikait says farmers will oust BJP govt if it doesn't repeal new farm laws
India | Aug 09, 2021, 11:10 PM ISTIn his meeting, Tikait held discussions on the BKU's press conferences scheduled for August 11 in Uttarakhand's Dehradun and Himachal Pradesh's Nahan, the farmer union's media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said.
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'Committed for farmers welfare and rural prosperity'
India | Aug 08, 2021, 07:43 PM ISTEven after seven decades of development in India, agriculture remains the critical sector as a source of raw material and key inputs to several other sectors.
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PM Kisan Nidhi Scheme: PM Modi to release 9th installment on August 9 benefiting 10 crore farmers
Business | Aug 04, 2021, 04:41 PM ISTThe government will transfer the 9th installment of Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in the bank accounts of 10 crore farmers on Monday via video conferencing.
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Odisha CM writes to Centre over fertiliser shortage for Kharif cultivation, minister assures supply
India | Jul 31, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTNaveen Patnaik urged the Centre on Saturday to supply adequate fertilisers to the state as the farmers were facing shortages during the peak of the kharif cultivation period.
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Farmers' Protest: Congress and BJP in war of words over repeal of new farm laws | Watch debate
News | Jul 22, 2021, 01:05 PM ISTThe Delhi government and police on Wednesday agreed to allow farmers to hold the Kisan Sansad at Jantar Mantar from today till August 9 between 11am and 5pm. The protesters have been asked to give an undertaking that all Covid norms would be followed and the protest would be peaceful.
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Rajasthan farmers to get Rs 1,000 monthly grant under Kisan Mitra Urja Yojna
India | Jul 18, 2021, 07:24 AM ISTGehlot said a grant of Rs 1,000 monthly or a maximum of Rs 12,000 annually on electricity cost will be given on agriculture connections.
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Delhi Police to meet farmers' on Sunday ahead of Parliament protest
India | Jul 17, 2021, 10:46 PM ISTThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions, has planned that around 200 farmers will hold protests outside parliament every day during the monsoon session.
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BJP leader Bhupesh Aggarwal allegedly attacked by farmers in Punjab's Patiala
News | Jul 12, 2021, 10:41 AM ISTA stone was thrown at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupesh Aggarwal as he was being assisted by police in Patiala district's Rajpura on July 11.
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New Modi Cabinet's BIG decision: Rs 1 lakh crore fund for farmers via APMCs
India | Jul 08, 2021, 07:59 PM ISTOn the core issue of new farm laws, Narendra Singh Tomar asked people associated with farmers' protests that the government is ready to discuss any proposal except repealing them.
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'Farmer leaders trying to keep agitation alive': Anil Vij on tractor rally
News | Jun 26, 2021, 04:18 PM ISTSharing his view on farmers' rally near Gurudwara Nada Sahib in Panchkula on June 26, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said, "They (farmers) are sitting at the borders for 8 months now.
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Thousands of farmers tractor headed for Delhi border from UP
News | Jun 25, 2021, 12:43 PM ISTThousands of farmers tractor headed for Delhi border from UP
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After record wheat procurement, Yogi govt plans to procure oilseeds, pulses from farmers
India | Jun 14, 2021, 01:11 PM ISTThe Uttar Pradesh government, after making a record procurement of wheat, is now set to make a record purchase of oilseeds and pulses from the state farmers.
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Farmers call off sit-in at Haryana police station after demands met
India | Jun 07, 2021, 10:01 PM ISTProtesting farmers called off their sit-in at a police station here on Monday evening shortly after the third farmer activist arrested in connection with the protest against ruling JJP MLA Devender Singh Babli was released on bail and other demands of the agitators were met.
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Madhya Pradesh: Farmers spend night in queue as bank reopens after days
News | May 28, 2021, 12:34 PM ISTMany farmers were seen sleeping on the road with pieces of clothes laid out, as they waited for their turn. They had also placed stones on the ground to mark their spots in the long queue.
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1000s of farmers reach Hisar to protest against FIR against around 350 of them
India | May 24, 2021, 07:19 PM ISTThousands of farmers reached Hisar on Monday responding to their leaders’ calls to protest against the registration of a criminal case against several of them during their clash with police last week after the inauguration of a Covid hospital here.
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Farmers of JandK's Samba struggle to sell produce during COVID lockdown
News | May 24, 2021, 05:12 PM ISTFarmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba are struggling to sell their produce during the COVID lockdown.