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Farmers reject Centre’s proposal on MSP on five crops
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In a setback, farm union leaders on Monday rejected the Centre's proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by...
K’taka minister’s ‘farmers wish for drought’ remark sparks row
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Karnataka’s Agricultural Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil has kicked up a controversy with his remarks that the farmers in the state wish for drought to...
Delhi-like stir by farmers begins at Chandigarh borders
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Thousands of protesting farmers from Punjab and Haryana on Sunday started gathering on the outskirts of the joint capital of both states here as...
Farmers face action for stubble burning in Gorakhpur
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The Gorakhpur administration has initiated punitive action against farmers, as incidents of stubble-burning continue unabated.Taking a tough stand against paddy growers for continuing to...
Punjab: Sugarcane farmers start indefinite protest over procurement price
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Sugarcane farmers started an indefinite protest on the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway on Tuesday demanding hike in procurement price for crop from Rs 380 to Rs...
TN govt slaps Goondas Act on farmers protesting acquisition of wetlands in Tiruvannamalai
The DMK government in Tamil Nadu is pursuing the invocation of the Goondas Act against seven farmers engaged in a sit-in protest against the...
UP to distribute bio-decomposers to check stubble burning
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In a bid to curb incidents of stubble burning, the Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of distributing 17 lakh bio-decomposers in 2023-24.
This...
Over 200 farmers in Haryana participate to end stubble burning
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Over 200 farmers, government officials and industry members on Friday participated in a farmer outreach event in the Rania block in Haryana to strengthen...
Cabinet approves up to 9% hike in MSP of wheat, other major Rabi crops
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The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the increase of up to 9 per cent in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for...
Serial andolanjeevi Tikait threatens another agitation if demands not met
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Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has said that the farmers will be forced to step up their agitation against the government if...