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Punjab Launches Debt Waiver Scheme For Farm Labour, Landless Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Amarinder Singh Slams AAP For Criticising Debt Waiver To Farm Labourers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over its criticism of his government's decision on debt waiver for farm labourers and landless farmers, saying it exposed the opposition party's "anti-farmer stance".
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Odisha CM Disburses Rs 386 Crore COVID-19 Package For Landless Farmers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday disbursed Rs 385.98 crore as a special COVID-19 package for landless farmers across the state.
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Kerala Promises To Raise Farmers' Income By 50% In Next Five Years
Pinarayi Vijayan's government in Kerala today promised to raise farmers' income by 50 per cent in the next five years and ensure there are no landless people in Kerala even as it admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic would cost the state economy dearly
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Punjab Chief Minister Promises Jobs, Debt Relief For Landless Farmers
Pitching for the revival of the state economy, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced relief for landless farmers and said his government will help youth get six lakh jobs over the next two years.
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Punjab To Reduce Government Employees' Retirement Age To 58
Reducing government employees' retirement age from 60 to 58, free education for all students up to Class 12 and a debt waiver for landless farmers were some of the major announcements made by Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal in the 2020-21 budget on Friday.
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Maharashtra Farmers Protests Highlight Their Despair, Say Activists
Mumbai: The killing of five farmers in clashes with police in Maharashtra exposes the plight of farmers who don’t own a land, struggling to pay back debt with meagre earnings from lower produce prices, activists say. Low prices for produce such as lentils and cereals amid a glut in supply have triggered protests by farmers in central Madhya Prad...
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Women Farmers Battle Tradition, Self-doubt To Own Land In Uttar Pradesh
By Rina Chandran Taardeh, Uttar Pradesh: Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in Uttar Pradesh. But she has never owned land – a right she has been denied by inconsistent inheritance laws and her community’s rigid custom that led her to believe only a man should ...
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The Cashless Economy Of Chikalthana
The governments demonestisation has devastated farmers, landless labourers, pensioners, petty traders and many others across Maharashtra.
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Sri Sri Event: Landless Farmers Rue Crop Loss on Banks Of Yamuna
A day after the controversial World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain came to an end, farmers living on its banks said the event destroyed their living and claimed it will take at least two years to make the flattened riverbed suitable for cultivation.
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Punjab Launches Debt Waiver Scheme For Farm Labour, Landless Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday rolled out a Rs 520 crore debt relief scheme for 2.85 lakh farm labourers and landless farmers on the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Amarinder Singh Slams AAP For Criticising Debt Waiver To Farm Labourers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over its criticism of his government's decision on debt waiver for farm labourers and landless farmers, saying it exposed the opposition party's "anti-farmer stance".
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Odisha CM Disburses Rs 386 Crore COVID-19 Package For Landless Farmers
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday disbursed Rs 385.98 crore as a special COVID-19 package for landless farmers across the state.
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Kerala Promises To Raise Farmers' Income By 50% In Next Five Years
Pinarayi Vijayan's government in Kerala today promised to raise farmers' income by 50 per cent in the next five years and ensure there are no landless people in Kerala even as it admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic would cost the state economy dearly
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Punjab Chief Minister Promises Jobs, Debt Relief For Landless Farmers
Pitching for the revival of the state economy, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced relief for landless farmers and said his government will help youth get six lakh jobs over the next two years.
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Punjab To Reduce Government Employees' Retirement Age To 58
Reducing government employees' retirement age from 60 to 58, free education for all students up to Class 12 and a debt waiver for landless farmers were some of the major announcements made by Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal in the 2020-21 budget on Friday.
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Maharashtra Farmers Protests Highlight Their Despair, Say Activists
Mumbai: The killing of five farmers in clashes with police in Maharashtra exposes the plight of farmers who don’t own a land, struggling to pay back debt with meagre earnings from lower produce prices, activists say. Low prices for produce such as lentils and cereals amid a glut in supply have triggered protests by farmers in central Madhya Prad...
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Women Farmers Battle Tradition, Self-doubt To Own Land In Uttar Pradesh
By Rina Chandran Taardeh, Uttar Pradesh: Anjali has worked on the land nearly all her life, first with her tenant-farmer parents, and then alongside her husband in Uttar Pradesh. But she has never owned land – a right she has been denied by inconsistent inheritance laws and her community’s rigid custom that led her to believe only a man should ...
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The Cashless Economy Of Chikalthana
The governments demonestisation has devastated farmers, landless labourers, pensioners, petty traders and many others across Maharashtra.
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Sri Sri Event: Landless Farmers Rue Crop Loss on Banks Of Yamuna
A day after the controversial World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain came to an end, farmers living on its banks said the event destroyed their living and claimed it will take at least two years to make the flattened riverbed suitable for cultivation.
