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'Factor In Inflation In Aid For Farmers, Like Salaries For MLAs And MPs': Veep
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday advocated Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertiliser subsidies for farmers based on the US pattern and demanded that inflation be factored in while providing financial assistance to agriculturists.
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Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
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Government Promotes Use of Kisan Drones to Modernise Agriculture
Government aims to promote Kisan drops to support crop assessment, digitisation of land records, as well as spraying of pesticides and nutrients. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the government has already made a budget provision to ensure this development.
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Don't Extend Welfare Schemes To Those Tapping Water Illegally: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has directed authorities concerned not to extend the government welfare schemes such as agriculture loan and subsidy for seeds and fertilizers to persons who illegally tap water.
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Make Agriculture Profitable By Reducing Input Costs: Vice President
Stating that loan waivers and subsidies provide only temporary relief to farmers, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed on making Indian agriculture profitable by reducing input costs and providing uninterrupted power as well as credit at low interest rates to the farming community.
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Amarinder Singh Approves Policy To Give Wheat Seeds At 50% Subsidy To Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved the Agriculture Department's "Wheat Seed Subsidy Policy-2020-21" to provide certified wheat seeds at 50 per cent subsidy to farmers in the rabi season.
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Delhi Government To Provide Subsidy To Farmers On Electricity
The subsidy on agriculture electricity connections will be provided for financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20. It will begin from April 1, 2018.
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Sensex Closes 150 Points Lower, Nifty Gives Up 10,400
Fertiliser stocks, and other agricultural stocks, rose significantly, a day after the government decided to continue a urea subsidy scheme till 2020 and implemented the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.
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Fertilizers Stocks Jump Upto 6% As Urea Subsidy Scheme Extended Until 2020
National Fertilizers Ltd, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd and Madras Fertilizers Ltd gained about 4 to 6 per cent, reported Reuters.
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Despite Fines And Subsidies, Haryana Farmers Continue Burning Crop Stubble
Farmers in Haryana are flouting the ban on crop residue burning, despite the threat of steep fines by local authorities. Seventeen incidents have been reported in Panipat district alone. The agriculture department and the state pollution control board claim they held awareness camps in September at 198 villages in Panipat
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With An Unforgiving Drought, A Cattle Crisis In Marathwada
Non-governmental organisations or cooperatives can set up cattle camps like these, but need a minimum of 500 animals, in order to get subsidy from the government to run them.
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India Hardens Stance In WTO, Objects To Draft Text On Agriculture
Hardening its stance in the ongoing WTO talks, India on Thursday strongly objected to the draft text on agriculture and said some countries are pushing for a deal on phasing out export subsidies with "some undue haste".
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India to Seek Permanent Solution to Food Security Issue at WTO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for a permanent solution to the food security and agriculture subsidy issues at the Nairobi WTO meet, to be held later this year.
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Government Announces Rs 300 Crore Relief Package to Farmers
The government today announced a relief package of Rs 300 crore to provide diesel and seed subsidy, among others, in order to save standing kharif crops in the eventuality of drought and deficit rainfall.
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Wrong to Label Support to Farmers as Subsidy: MS Swaminathan to WTO
It is wrong to label support given to farmers in emerging economies like India as subsidy and World Trade Organisation should come up with measures in aid of ending hunger and malnutrition, renowned agricultural scientist Prof MS Swaminathan said today.
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'Factor In Inflation In Aid For Farmers, Like Salaries For MLAs And MPs': Veep
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday advocated Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in fertiliser subsidies for farmers based on the US pattern and demanded that inflation be factored in while providing financial assistance to agriculturists.
-
Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
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Government Promotes Use of Kisan Drones to Modernise Agriculture
Government aims to promote Kisan drops to support crop assessment, digitisation of land records, as well as spraying of pesticides and nutrients. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the government has already made a budget provision to ensure this development.
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Don't Extend Welfare Schemes To Those Tapping Water Illegally: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has directed authorities concerned not to extend the government welfare schemes such as agriculture loan and subsidy for seeds and fertilizers to persons who illegally tap water.
-
Make Agriculture Profitable By Reducing Input Costs: Vice President
Stating that loan waivers and subsidies provide only temporary relief to farmers, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed on making Indian agriculture profitable by reducing input costs and providing uninterrupted power as well as credit at low interest rates to the farming community.
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Amarinder Singh Approves Policy To Give Wheat Seeds At 50% Subsidy To Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday approved the Agriculture Department's "Wheat Seed Subsidy Policy-2020-21" to provide certified wheat seeds at 50 per cent subsidy to farmers in the rabi season.
-
Delhi Government To Provide Subsidy To Farmers On Electricity
The subsidy on agriculture electricity connections will be provided for financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20. It will begin from April 1, 2018.
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Sensex Closes 150 Points Lower, Nifty Gives Up 10,400
Fertiliser stocks, and other agricultural stocks, rose significantly, a day after the government decided to continue a urea subsidy scheme till 2020 and implemented the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme.
-
Fertilizers Stocks Jump Upto 6% As Urea Subsidy Scheme Extended Until 2020
National Fertilizers Ltd, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd and Madras Fertilizers Ltd gained about 4 to 6 per cent, reported Reuters.
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Despite Fines And Subsidies, Haryana Farmers Continue Burning Crop Stubble
Farmers in Haryana are flouting the ban on crop residue burning, despite the threat of steep fines by local authorities. Seventeen incidents have been reported in Panipat district alone. The agriculture department and the state pollution control board claim they held awareness camps in September at 198 villages in Panipat
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With An Unforgiving Drought, A Cattle Crisis In Marathwada
Non-governmental organisations or cooperatives can set up cattle camps like these, but need a minimum of 500 animals, in order to get subsidy from the government to run them.
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India Hardens Stance In WTO, Objects To Draft Text On Agriculture
Hardening its stance in the ongoing WTO talks, India on Thursday strongly objected to the draft text on agriculture and said some countries are pushing for a deal on phasing out export subsidies with "some undue haste".
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India to Seek Permanent Solution to Food Security Issue at WTO
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for a permanent solution to the food security and agriculture subsidy issues at the Nairobi WTO meet, to be held later this year.
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Government Announces Rs 300 Crore Relief Package to Farmers
The government today announced a relief package of Rs 300 crore to provide diesel and seed subsidy, among others, in order to save standing kharif crops in the eventuality of drought and deficit rainfall.
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Wrong to Label Support to Farmers as Subsidy: MS Swaminathan to WTO
It is wrong to label support given to farmers in emerging economies like India as subsidy and World Trade Organisation should come up with measures in aid of ending hunger and malnutrition, renowned agricultural scientist Prof MS Swaminathan said today.
