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Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising basmati prices amid crop losses
Heavy rains and widespread flooding in basmati ricegrowing regions of India and Pakistan have raised concerns over output of the premium
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After Farmers Allege Threat, Manipur Congress MP Visits Foothill Village, Meets Soldiers And Residents
Congress MP Dr A Bimol Akoijam visited a foothill village in the interdistrict border between Manipur's Imphal East and Kangpokpi days after the Meitei community and members of the Kuki tribes faced-off over ploughing paddy fields in the area.
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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
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Ahead Of Sowing Season After Lost Year, Manipur Paddy Farmers Wait For Help
Yumnam Ranjan was a farmer in a village in Manipur eight months ago. Now he's a carpenter in a crowded city.
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Punjab Reports 634 Fresh Farm Fire Cases Today, Lowest Since Diwali
Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.
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Over 930 FIRs Registered Against Farmers For Burning Stubble: Punjab Police
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November.
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Delhi Air Quality In 'Severe' Category, Farm Fires Key Contributor
Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the 'severe' category again on Wednesday with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for over one-third of the air pollution in the national capital.
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LPG Subsidy, Farm Loan Waiver, Caste Census In Congress' Manifesto For Chhattisgarh
The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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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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Farm Fire Count Declines Between September 15-October 30 In North Indian States: Data
The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.
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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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Priyanka Gandhi's Farm Loan Waiver Promise At Yogi Adityanath's Home Turf
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his home turf of Gorakhpur and made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal.
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Paddy Support Price Hike Shamefully Inadequate: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday termed the hike in the Minimum Support Price for paddy as "not only grossly inadequate but also an insult to the farmers who have been fighting for their rightful dues".
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Prices Down 50%, Forced To Sell Crops Below MSP: Farm Union Leaders
As farmers' protest against three new farm laws continues, union leaders on Wednesday said farmers in some parts of the country are being forced to sell crops, including paddy below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as market rates have fallen, and asserted that the agitation will continue till the government agrees to their demands.
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Flood-hit India, Pakistan face rising basmati prices amid crop losses
Heavy rains and widespread flooding in basmati ricegrowing regions of India and Pakistan have raised concerns over output of the premium
-
After Farmers Allege Threat, Manipur Congress MP Visits Foothill Village, Meets Soldiers And Residents
Congress MP Dr A Bimol Akoijam visited a foothill village in the interdistrict border between Manipur's Imphal East and Kangpokpi days after the Meitei community and members of the Kuki tribes faced-off over ploughing paddy fields in the area.
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Centre Plans To Examine Burnt Area After Farmers Timing Crop Fires
Centre plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.
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Ahead Of Sowing Season After Lost Year, Manipur Paddy Farmers Wait For Help
Yumnam Ranjan was a farmer in a village in Manipur eight months ago. Now he's a carpenter in a crowded city.
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Punjab Reports 634 Fresh Farm Fire Cases Today, Lowest Since Diwali
Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.
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Over 930 FIRs Registered Against Farmers For Burning Stubble: Punjab Police
Paddy straw burning in Punjab and Haryana is considered one of the reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution levels in the national capital in October and November.
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Delhi Air Quality In 'Severe' Category, Farm Fires Key Contributor
Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the 'severe' category again on Wednesday with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for over one-third of the air pollution in the national capital.
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LPG Subsidy, Farm Loan Waiver, Caste Census In Congress' Manifesto For Chhattisgarh
The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme.
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Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...
A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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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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Farm Fire Count Declines Between September 15-October 30 In North Indian States: Data
The total number of paddy crop residue burning events during September 15-October 30 period in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have come down to 53,792 this year.
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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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Priyanka Gandhi's Farm Loan Waiver Promise At Yogi Adityanath's Home Turf
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday targeted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his home turf of Gorakhpur and made a flurry of poll promises, including farm loan waiver and purchasing wheat and paddy at Rs 2500 per quintal.
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Paddy Support Price Hike Shamefully Inadequate: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday termed the hike in the Minimum Support Price for paddy as "not only grossly inadequate but also an insult to the farmers who have been fighting for their rightful dues".
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Prices Down 50%, Forced To Sell Crops Below MSP: Farm Union Leaders
As farmers' protest against three new farm laws continues, union leaders on Wednesday said farmers in some parts of the country are being forced to sell crops, including paddy below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as market rates have fallen, and asserted that the agitation will continue till the government agrees to their demands.
