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"Time Of Need...": AAP MP Seeks Relief For Punjab Farmers From Centre
AAP MP Raghav Chadha Saturday sought from the Union Finance Minister a special package for Punjab farmers ensuring them adequate compensation for their crop damaged by an inclement weather.
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Rs 630 Crore Relief Package Announced For Gujarat Farmers Ahead Of Polls
The Gujarat government on Friday announced a relief package of Rs 630.34 crore for farmers who suffered losses due to heavy rains this monsoon, the move coming ahead of Assembly polls likely to be held by the end of the year.
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Gujarat Pegs Relief Package For Farmers At Rs 546 Crore To Cover Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Wednesday pegged at Rs 546 crore the overall size of the financial package announced a day earlier for farmers of four districts of the Saurashtra region who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month.
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Gujarat Government Announces Financial Aid For Farmers To Cover Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a relief package for farmers of four districts who have suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month and said a compensation of Rs 13,000 per hectare would be paid to them.
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Maharashtra's Rs 10k Crore Package For Farmers Not Enough: BJP's Pankaja Munde
The Rs 10,000 crore package for rain-affected farmers announced by the Uddhav Thackeray government was not enough to provide relief to all, BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Munde said on Sunday.
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Free Grain, Universal Ration For Migrants In Centre's Package: 10 Points
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...
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Trump Announces $19 Billion Relief For Farmers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion financial rescue package to help the agriculture industry weather the staggering economic downturn sparked by measures to defeat the coronavirus.
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Centre Seeks To Find Permanent Solutions For Farmers' Problems: President
Amid speculation over an announcement of a farm relief package in the upcoming Budget, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the government is attempting to find "permanent solutions" for problems faced by farmers, who are the foundation of the economy.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lost Power For Ignoring Farmer Issues: HD Deve Gowda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi must realise the need to address the concerns of farmers through some relief package including loan waiver ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after the defeat of the BJP in three Hindi heartland states, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda said on Tuesday.
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PM Considers 3 Options To Help Farmers Hit By Low Crop Prices: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs 3 lakh crore, according to three government sources. The possibilities are a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a l...
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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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Tamil Nadu Farmers Suspend Delhi Strike After Chief Minister's Promise
Farmers from Tamil Nadu have called off their strike in Delhi over a drought relief package for 15 days after an assurance by Chief Minister E Palaniswami today.
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...
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Farmers Get Additional 60 Days To Repay Crop Loans
In a relief to farmers hit by demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today gave an additional 60 days to repay their crop loans due in November-December and said that prompt repayment would be eligible for the extra 3 per cent interest subsidy.
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Rs 29.09 Crore Relief For Crop Loss In Puducherry Floods
Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Monday announced a Rs 29.09 crore relief package for farmers who suffered crop loss in the torrential rains last year.
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"Time Of Need...": AAP MP Seeks Relief For Punjab Farmers From Centre
AAP MP Raghav Chadha Saturday sought from the Union Finance Minister a special package for Punjab farmers ensuring them adequate compensation for their crop damaged by an inclement weather.
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Rs 630 Crore Relief Package Announced For Gujarat Farmers Ahead Of Polls
The Gujarat government on Friday announced a relief package of Rs 630.34 crore for farmers who suffered losses due to heavy rains this monsoon, the move coming ahead of Assembly polls likely to be held by the end of the year.
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Gujarat Pegs Relief Package For Farmers At Rs 546 Crore To Cover Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Wednesday pegged at Rs 546 crore the overall size of the financial package announced a day earlier for farmers of four districts of the Saurashtra region who suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month.
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Gujarat Government Announces Financial Aid For Farmers To Cover Crop Loss
The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a relief package for farmers of four districts who have suffered crop loss due to heavy rains last month and said a compensation of Rs 13,000 per hectare would be paid to them.
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Maharashtra's Rs 10k Crore Package For Farmers Not Enough: BJP's Pankaja Munde
The Rs 10,000 crore package for rain-affected farmers announced by the Uddhav Thackeray government was not enough to provide relief to all, BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Munde said on Sunday.
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Free Grain, Universal Ration For Migrants In Centre's Package: 10 Points
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...
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Trump Announces $19 Billion Relief For Farmers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion financial rescue package to help the agriculture industry weather the staggering economic downturn sparked by measures to defeat the coronavirus.
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Centre Seeks To Find Permanent Solutions For Farmers' Problems: President
Amid speculation over an announcement of a farm relief package in the upcoming Budget, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said the government is attempting to find "permanent solutions" for problems faced by farmers, who are the foundation of the economy.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lost Power For Ignoring Farmer Issues: HD Deve Gowda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi must realise the need to address the concerns of farmers through some relief package including loan waiver ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after the defeat of the BJP in three Hindi heartland states, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda said on Tuesday.
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PM Considers 3 Options To Help Farmers Hit By Low Crop Prices: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs 3 lakh crore, according to three government sources. The possibilities are a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a l...
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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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Tamil Nadu Farmers Suspend Delhi Strike After Chief Minister's Promise
Farmers from Tamil Nadu have called off their strike in Delhi over a drought relief package for 15 days after an assurance by Chief Minister E Palaniswami today.
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...
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Farmers Get Additional 60 Days To Repay Crop Loans
In a relief to farmers hit by demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today gave an additional 60 days to repay their crop loans due in November-December and said that prompt repayment would be eligible for the extra 3 per cent interest subsidy.
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Rs 29.09 Crore Relief For Crop Loss In Puducherry Floods
Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Monday announced a Rs 29.09 crore relief package for farmers who suffered crop loss in the torrential rains last year.
