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TN govt to renovate Parambikulam Aliyar Project, farmers apprehensive
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to renovate the Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) which comprises 10 major dams. The farmers in the region, however, have…
- India
Centre directs insurance firm to pay Rs 225 cr to 2L farmers for crop loss
New Delhi: The Centre’s Technical Advisory Committee on Saturday issued an order to an insurance company, directing it to pay within one week the Rs 225 crore claims due to farmers in…
- Telangana
Telangana: Harish Rao flays govt as farmers protest over loan waiver
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao on Monday, August 19 attacked Congress as farmers protesting over loan waiver were arrested in Adilabad district. The Siddipet MLA alleged that the…
- India
Pawar slams PM Modi’s assurance of doubling farmers’ income
Solapur: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his assurance of doubling the income of farmers, claiming the BJP rule had, in fact,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra CM directs officials to ensure no scarcity of seeds for farmers
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday directed officials to ensure that there is no scarcity of seeds for farmers. In the wake of heavy rains in July, the…
- India
INDIA bloc will pull farmers out of debt trap: Rahul
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that the INDIA bloc would pull farmers out of the debt trap by providing them with the “weapon”…
- Middle East
Israel providing aid for farms damaged by the war
Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security published an outline for the rehabilitation of agricultural land following the damage of the “Iron Swords” war against Hamas rebels in Gaza. According to the…
- Telangana
Announce Telangana-like loan waiver for Maha farmers: Patole
Mumbai: The Congress in Maharashtra on Wednesday demanded that the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP government announce a blanket loan waiver for farmers on the lines of Telangana and promised such a measure if the…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to meet delegation of seven farmer leaders today
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will meet the delegation of seven farmer leaders on Wednesday, sources said. The meeting will be held at around…
- India
Farmers to burn BJP’s effigies on Aug 1, hold tractor marches across country on Aug 15
New Delhi: Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Monday said they will burn effigies of the BJP on August 1 and hold tractor marches across the country on August…
- Telangana
Crop loan waiver: Rs 7,000 cr to be deposited in Telangana farmers’ accounts on Thursday
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that the crop loan waiver for loans amounting to Rs 2 lakh in three phases by August, and that Rs 7,000 crore will be…
- Telangana
Telangana govt to begin crop loan waiver up to Rs 1 lakh on July 18
Hyderabad: In a good news for farmers who have been waiting for their crop loans to be waived off, the State government will start disbursing amount in the loan accounts of farmers…
- Telangana
Lakhs will be left out of crop loan waiver if GO 567 guidelines not amended: Tammineni
Hyderabad: Demanding the state government to amend the guidelines in GO No 567 issued for crop loan waiver scheme, and to extend the scheme to cover all the farmers who have debt…
- India
TN farmers, Left parties stage protest demanding release of Cauvery water
Tiruvarur: Scores of farmers besides members of the Left parties staged a rail-roko agitation at Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district on Tuesday demanding that neighbouring Karnataka release Cauvery water and help…
- Telangana
Telangana govt issues guidelines for implementation of crop loan waiver
Hyderabad: The agriculture and cooperation department has released the guidelines for Rs 2 lakh crop loan waiver being implemented by the State government on Monday. Loans obtained by the farmers on or…
