Tag: farmers
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Determined Protesting Farmers Resume Journey Towards Delhi
The Delhi Police has also asked for nine stadiums from the Aam Aadmi Party government to detain the farmers in case they manage to enter the national capital CHANDIGARH – Braving chilly night under the open skies, thousands of protesting farmers from Punjab and Haryana gathered in Panipat town, resumed their onward journey on tractor-trailers…
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Goyal showers tax sops, reaches out to farmers, unorganized labour
New Delhi : Setting aside all conventions with an eye on the coming elections, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday showered tax sops for the middle class and salaried tax payers including zero tax liability for those with income is up to Rs 5 lakh and announced an annual income support of Rs 6,000 for…
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Madhya Pradesh farmers hopeful of being ‘debt-free’ as loan waiver scheme kicks-off
By Sundeep Pouranik, Bhopal : A week after the launch of the loan waiver scheme in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress government claims 19.54 lakh farmers have filed their applications in the six days till Sunday. While the opposition BJP has been calling the “Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” a trick to cheat the farmers, the…
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Poll timing and sops for farmers carried the day for TRS in Telangana (2018 In Retrospect)
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Early Assembly elections and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) retaining power with a landslide majority earlier this month dominated the events in Telangana during 2018. Eight months before the expiry of the Assembly’s term, the TRS government recommended dissolution of the House on September 6. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan accepted the…
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Want to double farm incomes? Promote mustard
By Vivek Puri, The Indian government wants to double the income of farmers by 2022. A roadmap prepared by NITI Aayog outlines the rationale, strategy and action plan for achieving this commendable milestone. We believe that such a plan needs a separate set of measures that focus on mustard farmers — and promotes mustard as…
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Punjab Minister warns against delayed payments to farmers
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Chandigarh : Committing to protecting farmer’s interests, Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday warned ‘arthiyas’ (commission agents) of action if farmers were paid less or payment was delayed for the paddy procured from them. “Action will be taken against the ‘arthiyas’ giving lesser value against MSP (minimum support price) to…
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Centre to pay jute mills only after full payment to farmers, labourers: Minister
Kolkata : Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Centre is making it mandatory that jute mills would get the entire payment for government orders only after jute farmers and labourers are paid fully. “Jute industry has a ready order worth Rs 5,000-5,500 crore every year (in terms of sacking). The government gives…
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Farmers’ protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas
New Delhi : The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse them. The police action led to several injuries…
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Hydroponics and the art of helping farmers increase their incomes
By Salim David, Hydroponics is not a new concept. In ancient times, the plants lining the walls of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were grown using hydroponics. Only over the last century, however, has it gained popularity as a method of commercial cultivation, mainly in the West. It is now in the early stages of…