MGNREGA wage hiked by Rs 20/day, farmers to get Rs 2k each in April
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced an increase of Rs 20 in the MGNREGA rural employment scheme...
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10,349 suicides in farming sector in 2018: National Crime Records Bureau
New Delhi: A total of 10,349 people involved in the farming sector, including 5,763 farmers or cultivators, committed suicide in 2018,...
300 farmers booked for stubble burning in UP
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Three hundred farmers have been booked for burning stubble in their fields in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, despite...
UP govt remembers farmers only in ads: Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government of cheating the state's...
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes team to visit Sonbhadra on Monday
New Delhi: A team of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) will visit Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district on Monday to...
Government treating farmers badly, complains Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the central government of adopting "double standards" and taking decisions as...
Opposition raises farmers’ issues at all-party meeting
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended an all-party meeting ahead of Parliament session, which begins on Monday. The...
Farmers have to pay Rs 100 per month under pension scheme
New Delhi: Farmers in the country are expected to contribute Rs 100 per month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana...
Big B pays off loans of 2,100 farmers from Bihar
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has cleared the loans of over two thousand farmers from Bihar. "A promise made done... the...
Varanasi: 50 turmeric farmers from Telangana may contest against Modi
Hyderabad: Fifty turmeric farmers from Nizamabad district of Telangana plan to contest the election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi...
