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Centre Approves MSP For 14 Crops, Says It Is 1.5 Times Cost Of Production
In a major decision, the Union Cabinet has approved a minimum support price of at least cost plus 50% for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif sowing season. The minimum support price of paddy has been increased by Rs 117.
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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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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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Farmers Reject Punjab Government's Electricity Schedule For Paddy Sowing
Sixteen farmer unions on Sunday rejected the electricity supply schedule issued by the Punjab government for the upcoming paddy sowing season, asserting that they will start transplanting the crop from June 10.
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Ensuring Uninterrupted 8-Hour Electricity Supply To Farmers: Punjab Power Department
On the directions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited is ensuring uninterrupted eight-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.
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Odisha MLA, Wife Work 2 Months On 25-Acre Farm, Ploughing, Sowing Paddy
Odisha BJD MLA Manohar Randhari and his wife start their day at 5 AM when they reach their 25-acre farmland to plough and sow paddy saplings along with other workers. Mr Randhari's wife, who is also a government servant, leaves for office at 10 am and he continues to farm till noon.
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Migrants Gone, Farm Owners And Local Workers Fight Over Wages In Punjab
The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.
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5 Women Electrocuted While Sowing Paddy In UP
Five women were electrocuted on Monday when they came in contact with a high tension while sowing paddy in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district, the police said..
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HD Kumaraswamy Turns Farmer, Sows Paddy Seedlings For Bumper Crop
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday turned into a farmer to sow seeds for a bumper paddy crop at a farm at Aralakuppe village in Mandya district, about 100 km from Bengaluru .
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Cauvery Crisis: Crop Fails, Tamil Nadu Farmer Commits Suicide
70-year-old Govindaraj, a farmer in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, sowed paddy hoping the Cauvery waters would irrigate his four-acre field.
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Centre Assures No Threat to Paddy Crop, Despite Deficient Rain Forecast
The government today tried to allay concerns on paddy crop, saying there's no threat to it despite Indian Meteorological Department's projection of deficient rains in July and August. The sowing is under way in most parts of country.
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Monsoon covers entire country today but still 23% deficient: Met Department
Monsoon, the life-line of Indian agriculture, today covered the entire country but the rains are still deficient by 23 per cent, a top official of India Meteorological Department said. The south-west monsoon had hit Kerala on June 5, but made slow progress affecting sowing of major Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses and coarse cereals.
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Sharad Pawar says monsoon delayed by two weeks, but situation not worrisome
The deficient rainfall during last month has affected the sowing of coarse cereals but there is no cause for worry for the paddy crop, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told reporters today. The monsoon rains have been 31 per cent below average up to July 2, he added, saying the rainfall deficiency affected sowing of coarse cereals, but situation ...
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Monsoon to hit Kerala by June 5
Monsoon, the lifeline of Indian agriculture, is most likely to hit Kerala by June 5 and there is no room for concern over sowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy and pulses, a top India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said."Most likely, the southwest monsoon will reach Kerala by June 5," IMD Director General LS Rathore told PTI.
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Centre Approves MSP For 14 Crops, Says It Is 1.5 Times Cost Of Production
In a major decision, the Union Cabinet has approved a minimum support price of at least cost plus 50% for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif sowing season. The minimum support price of paddy has been increased by Rs 117.
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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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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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Farmers Reject Punjab Government's Electricity Schedule For Paddy Sowing
Sixteen farmer unions on Sunday rejected the electricity supply schedule issued by the Punjab government for the upcoming paddy sowing season, asserting that they will start transplanting the crop from June 10.
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Ensuring Uninterrupted 8-Hour Electricity Supply To Farmers: Punjab Power Department
On the directions of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited is ensuring uninterrupted eight-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.
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Odisha MLA, Wife Work 2 Months On 25-Acre Farm, Ploughing, Sowing Paddy
Odisha BJD MLA Manohar Randhari and his wife start their day at 5 AM when they reach their 25-acre farmland to plough and sow paddy saplings along with other workers. Mr Randhari's wife, who is also a government servant, leaves for office at 10 am and he continues to farm till noon.
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Migrants Gone, Farm Owners And Local Workers Fight Over Wages In Punjab
The mass exodus of migrant labourers from Punjab has led to a major challenge for the farm owners - dependency on local labourers in the paddy sowing season and demands of higher wages.
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5 Women Electrocuted While Sowing Paddy In UP
Five women were electrocuted on Monday when they came in contact with a high tension while sowing paddy in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj district, the police said..
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HD Kumaraswamy Turns Farmer, Sows Paddy Seedlings For Bumper Crop
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday turned into a farmer to sow seeds for a bumper paddy crop at a farm at Aralakuppe village in Mandya district, about 100 km from Bengaluru .
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Cauvery Crisis: Crop Fails, Tamil Nadu Farmer Commits Suicide
70-year-old Govindaraj, a farmer in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, sowed paddy hoping the Cauvery waters would irrigate his four-acre field.
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Centre Assures No Threat to Paddy Crop, Despite Deficient Rain Forecast
The government today tried to allay concerns on paddy crop, saying there's no threat to it despite Indian Meteorological Department's projection of deficient rains in July and August. The sowing is under way in most parts of country.
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Monsoon covers entire country today but still 23% deficient: Met Department
Monsoon, the life-line of Indian agriculture, today covered the entire country but the rains are still deficient by 23 per cent, a top official of India Meteorological Department said. The south-west monsoon had hit Kerala on June 5, but made slow progress affecting sowing of major Kharif crops such as paddy, pulses and coarse cereals.
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Sharad Pawar says monsoon delayed by two weeks, but situation not worrisome
The deficient rainfall during last month has affected the sowing of coarse cereals but there is no cause for worry for the paddy crop, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told reporters today. The monsoon rains have been 31 per cent below average up to July 2, he added, saying the rainfall deficiency affected sowing of coarse cereals, but situation ...
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Monsoon to hit Kerala by June 5
Monsoon, the lifeline of Indian agriculture, is most likely to hit Kerala by June 5 and there is no room for concern over sowing of kharif (summer) crops like paddy and pulses, a top India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said."Most likely, the southwest monsoon will reach Kerala by June 5," IMD Director General LS Rathore told PTI.
