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- India
Uttar Pradesh farmers call off the protest
New Delhi: Hundreds of farmers gathered at DND flyway called off their protest on Saturday after the Uttar Pradesh government promised to look into their demands. Farmer leader Manveer Singh Tevatiya said…
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Maha CM calls budget a gift to farmers, women, middle class
Faridabad: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday termed the Centre’s interim budget as a gift to farmers, labourers, women and the middle class. “Today’s budget is a gift to farmers, labourers,…
- Hyderabad
It’s pittance to farmers in Modi’s election budget: Shabbir Ali
Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and MLC in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir today dubbed the interim budget introduced by the Modi government as a water bubble, air ballon and an election…
- India
Farmers’ income scheme an insult: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Modi governments scheme to provide direct income support of Rs 6,000 each to poor and marginal farmers, was an “insult” to everything…
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Election budget helps farmers, middle class and ‘mother cow’
NEW DELHI: India’s government unveiled on Friday a raft of budget sweeteners for farmers, the middle class and also cows, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to shore up support with elections…
- India
Rs 6,000 investment support to farmers: Goyal
New Delhi: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced direct annual income support of Rs 6,000 to farmers with land holding of two hectares. Presenting the Interim Budget for 2019-20 in the…
- Hyderabad
Farmers’ suicides increased in CM KCR’s rule: Bhatti
Hyderabad: CLP Leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Tuesday came down heavily against cheif Minister Of the state K. Chandrasekhar Rao. He said that suicides of farmers had gone up in the state…
- India
Reform arcane agricultural policies to resolve farmers’ distress
After the surprising state assembly results of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the upcoming interim Budget is quite unlikely to be a traditional vote-on-account. It is a common election-year convention that the…
- India
WB govt to bring unorganized workers under social security scheme
Kolkata: The West Bengal government is undertaking steps to bring unorganized workers under the umbrella of Social Security Schemes, a statement said on Monday. The Mamata Banerjee-led government has allocated Rs. 113…
- India
Pleased to fulfil promises made to farmers: Chhattisgarh CM
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over fulfilling the promises made to farmers and claimed that Chhattisgarh is the first state in India to buy paddy on an…
- India
Congress misguiding farmers in name of loan waiver: PM Modi
Palamu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Congress party considers farmers as a vote bank and is misguiding them in the name of loan waiver. “Farmers are a vote…
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Climate change takes toll on French oyster farmers
Cancale: Gulping down oysters has long been a favourite New Year’s Eve ritual for the French, but as winters get warmer and summers get drier many growers worry there will soon be…
