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President Murmu: Gender inequalities are going down; Yoga, Ayurveda are In
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu, who is the second woman President of the country, on Sunday said that India's new-found confidence stems from the spirit of its youth, its farmers, and above all, its women and further highlighted that gender inequalities are goin
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Meghalaya disbursed Rs 1,000 crore to farmers in 4 years: CM
Updated : 4 days, 17 hours ago IST
South West Garo Hills (Meghalaya) [India], August 11 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday said that over Rs 1,000 crore has been disbursed to farming communities in the state through different welfare schemes, including FOCUS programme, in the last four years.
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Indigenous vaccine for lumpy skin disease launched, big relief for livesto
Updated : 5 days, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Providing relief to the livestock of the country, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday launched the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVac to protect livestock from Lumpy skin disease.
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Paddy sowing down 13 pc this kharif season, monsoon played spoilsport
Updated : 5 days, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Farmers in India have sown less paddy this Kharif season. Going by the latest acreage data, the area under paddy cultivation is over 13 per cent lower than the previous Kharif season.
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PM Modi inaugurates 2G ethanol plant in Panipat, says it will help reduce
Updated : 5 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the second generation (2G) Ethanol Plant in Panipat and said it will help reduce pollution in Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) and Haryana.
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NITI Aayog meet: Punjab demands MSP for farmers, Chhattisgarh asks for GST
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): From farmers' plight to GST revenue, chief Ministers of States raised several issues in the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and held in the national capital on Sunday.
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Bhagwant Mann demands MSP for farmers, says 'happy with NITI Aayog meeting
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who attended the NITI Aayog's governing council meeting here on Sunday, said that he raised the issues of farmers including Minimum Support Price (MSP) while adding that he was happy with the meeting.
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Research finds new way to grow cereal crops with less fertilizers
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
California [US], August 6 (ANI): According to new research, scientists have now discovered a new low-cost way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizers needed to grow cereal crops, which is beneficial for the farmers and for the environment.
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Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel launches IFFCO Nano Urea Spraying Scheme
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 6 (ANI): Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel on Friday launched the Indian Farmers' Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) Nano Urea Spraying Scheme statewide from Isanpur Mota village of Gandhinagar district through drone technology.
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Andhra Pradesh CM asks officials to maximize farmer benefits, ensure quali
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Amaravati (Andra Pradesh) [India], August 6 (ANI): Andra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday conducted a review of the Agriculture Department and emphasized providing quality seeds to the farmers and directed the officials to complete 100 per cent e-cropping to maximize the
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UP govt plans to double farmers' income under 'Panchamrut Yojana'
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] August 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday, announced that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Panchamrut Yojana will help to achieve the goal of doubling farmers' income through the introduction of cost-effective technical measures and promotion of co-
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Floods in Sindh destroy cotton crops, leave farmers devastated
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], August 4 (ANI): Following torrential rains, southern Pakistan has been hit by heavy floods damaging cotton crops which has turned the lives of farmers in Sindh upside down as the rains destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land and orchards.
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