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Telangana Urea Crisis Major Flashpoint Between State Government And Centre
A severe urea shortage in Telangana has become a major political flashpoint between the state's ruling Congress government and the BJP-led Centre.
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Pics: Rahul Gandhi Works In A Paddy Farm In Chhattisgarh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday helped some cultivators at a village near Raipur in harvesting paddy and said the pro-farmer "model" of his party's government in Chhattisgarh will be replicated across India.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Lack Of Rain Will Hit Paddy Cultivation, Meteorology Official Tells NDTV
Dr M Mohapatra, the Director-General of IMD, said uneven and insufficient monsoon rain in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal was affecting the sowing of Kharif crop
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Bengal Distributes Paddy Seeds In Coastal Areas Suitable For Post Yaas Cultivation
To help the farmers in the coastal districts affected by cyclone Yaas, the West Bengal government has distributed specially curated varieties of paddy seeds that will reduce salinity impact and help proper yield in paddy cultivation.
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Agri Reform Benefited Cultivators: Nitish Kumar On APMC Act Abolishment
Refuting opposition charge that abolition of APMC Act has worked against farmers of Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said in fact the agri reforms have benefitted the cultivators which could be understood from the fact that the state has made highest ever 35.59 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy procurement in the current season.
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Telangana Government To Procure Entire Paddy From Farmers
The Telangana government would purchase the entire paddy cultivated in this rainy season by setting up 6,000 purchasing centres for paddy alone across the state,Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Approves Rs 500 Per Quintal Subsidy For Paddy Farmers
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has approved a proposal to give a subsidy of Rs 500 per quintal (100 kg) to paddy cultivators.
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Don't Blame Our Farmers For Your Air Pollution, Haryana Tells Delhi
Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi today said it was unfair to blame its farmers for Delhi's poor air quality when crop residue on just 1 per cent of the total sown area was burnt this year.
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Relief Package Annouced For Tamil Nadu Farmers; Mettur Dam Faces Water Shortage
The Tamil Nadu government expressed its inability to release water from the Mettur dam today for the 'kuruvai' (short-term) paddy cultivation in the delta districts of the state, but announced a Rs 115 crore package to help farmers take up cultivation using available water resources.
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Drought In Kerala: Reservoirs Half Empty, Deficit Rainfall
In Wayanad, many farmers have started using sprinklers to irrigate his crops. Paddy cultivator KP John said he has been forced to adopt it due to scarcity of water for irrigation.
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Tamil Nadu Releases Water From Mettur Dam For Irrigating Samba Crop
Tamil Nadu today opened the sluice gates of the Mettur Reservoir here to enable farmers take up cultivation of the samba paddy crop in the delta districts.
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Puducherry: Over 8,900 Hectare Area Under Paddy Lost in Rain
As much as 8,955 hectare area under paddy cultivation has been damaged by the unprecedented torrential rain that has hit the union territory.
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Telangana, With 700 Farmer Suicides, Outraged at 'Cowards' Remark
Till this week, OP Dhankar, a minister in Haryana, was unheard of in this small village in Telangana where farmers spend hours in 40-degree heat trying to cultivate cotton, paddy and maize. Today, a 23-year-old says that Mr Dhankar owes him a public apology.
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Kerala Wants Inclusion of New Works Under MGNREG Scheme
Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today asked the Centre to include new works like paddy cultivation, homestead farming, coconut farming and coir yarn production under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Scheme.
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Telangana Urea Crisis Major Flashpoint Between State Government And Centre
A severe urea shortage in Telangana has become a major political flashpoint between the state's ruling Congress government and the BJP-led Centre.
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Pics: Rahul Gandhi Works In A Paddy Farm In Chhattisgarh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday helped some cultivators at a village near Raipur in harvesting paddy and said the pro-farmer "model" of his party's government in Chhattisgarh will be replicated across India.
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Stubble Burning Continues In Punjab, 700 Fires Recorded So Far
Farm fires have continued in Punjab despite the state government assuring more crop residue management machines and launching massive awareness programmes against stubble burning
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Lack Of Rain Will Hit Paddy Cultivation, Meteorology Official Tells NDTV
Dr M Mohapatra, the Director-General of IMD, said uneven and insufficient monsoon rain in UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal was affecting the sowing of Kharif crop
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Bengal Distributes Paddy Seeds In Coastal Areas Suitable For Post Yaas Cultivation
To help the farmers in the coastal districts affected by cyclone Yaas, the West Bengal government has distributed specially curated varieties of paddy seeds that will reduce salinity impact and help proper yield in paddy cultivation.
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Agri Reform Benefited Cultivators: Nitish Kumar On APMC Act Abolishment
Refuting opposition charge that abolition of APMC Act has worked against farmers of Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said in fact the agri reforms have benefitted the cultivators which could be understood from the fact that the state has made highest ever 35.59 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy procurement in the current season.
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Telangana Government To Procure Entire Paddy From Farmers
The Telangana government would purchase the entire paddy cultivated in this rainy season by setting up 6,000 purchasing centres for paddy alone across the state,Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Approves Rs 500 Per Quintal Subsidy For Paddy Farmers
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has approved a proposal to give a subsidy of Rs 500 per quintal (100 kg) to paddy cultivators.
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Don't Blame Our Farmers For Your Air Pollution, Haryana Tells Delhi
Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi today said it was unfair to blame its farmers for Delhi's poor air quality when crop residue on just 1 per cent of the total sown area was burnt this year.
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Relief Package Annouced For Tamil Nadu Farmers; Mettur Dam Faces Water Shortage
The Tamil Nadu government expressed its inability to release water from the Mettur dam today for the 'kuruvai' (short-term) paddy cultivation in the delta districts of the state, but announced a Rs 115 crore package to help farmers take up cultivation using available water resources.
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Drought In Kerala: Reservoirs Half Empty, Deficit Rainfall
In Wayanad, many farmers have started using sprinklers to irrigate his crops. Paddy cultivator KP John said he has been forced to adopt it due to scarcity of water for irrigation.
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Tamil Nadu Releases Water From Mettur Dam For Irrigating Samba Crop
Tamil Nadu today opened the sluice gates of the Mettur Reservoir here to enable farmers take up cultivation of the samba paddy crop in the delta districts.
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Puducherry: Over 8,900 Hectare Area Under Paddy Lost in Rain
As much as 8,955 hectare area under paddy cultivation has been damaged by the unprecedented torrential rain that has hit the union territory.
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Telangana, With 700 Farmer Suicides, Outraged at 'Cowards' Remark
Till this week, OP Dhankar, a minister in Haryana, was unheard of in this small village in Telangana where farmers spend hours in 40-degree heat trying to cultivate cotton, paddy and maize. Today, a 23-year-old says that Mr Dhankar owes him a public apology.
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Kerala Wants Inclusion of New Works Under MGNREG Scheme
Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today asked the Centre to include new works like paddy cultivation, homestead farming, coconut farming and coir yarn production under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Scheme.
