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"Our Focus On Development": Telangana's KCR Meets Sharad Pawar In Mumbai
- Sunday February 20, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
NCP president Sharad Pawar stressed the need for all like-minded parties to join hands to resolve various issues like hunger, poverty, unemployment and the agrarian crisis facing the country after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
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Opposition Leaders Stage Protest Demanding Complete Farm Loan Waiver
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Opposition lawmakers in Maharashtra today staged a protest here alleging agrarian crisis in the state and made a strong pitch for complete farm loan waiver.
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Prannoy Roy, Arvind Subramanian On Banking, Farmer Crises: Highlights
- Saturday December 8, 2018
- India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian speaks to NDTV's Prannoy Roy on a range of issues in front of the Indian economy today. From the bad debt crisis in the banking sector to the growing agrarian distress, the Dr Subramanian weighs in on the good, bad and ugly of Asia's third-largest economy.
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With Demands Of Loan Waiver, Minimum Wage, Farmers Hit The Road In Delhi
- Wednesday September 5, 2018
- Delhi News | Written by Nimisha Jaiswal
Parts of Delhi turned a sea of red today as thousands of farmers from across India hit the streets of the national capital to draw attention to what they say is an agrarian crisis in the country. The rally, organised by Left-leaning farmers' and workers' groups, is demanding reforms in key government policies on farmers' compensation, minimum wage ...
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"Anti-Farmer" Laws Blamed For Agrarian Crisis In Petition In Supreme Court
- Tuesday June 19, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A farmers' group has taken its fight for higher remuneration and other issues to the Supreme Court, where it has filed a petition challenging an Article in the Constitution which it claims is against cultivators.
- www.ndtv.com
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Karnataka Wants Centre To Bear 50% Cost Of Farm Loan Waiver
- Sunday June 17, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Flagging the agrarian crisis gripping the country, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday urged the Central government to bear 50 per cent of the farm loans the state government plans to waive soon.
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"Be Sensitive": Nitish Kumar's Party Advises Ally BJP On Farm Distress
- Wednesday June 6, 2018
- India News | Written by Nidhi Razdan
On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.
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Opinion: Nirav Modi Escapes Debts. Farmers, Meanwhile...
- Sunday February 25, 2018
- Opinion | Derek O'Brien
The Nirav Modi swindle brought that into sharper effect. The 11,000 crores he has stolen from Indian banks - before being allowed to escape abroad - could have repaid the debts of literally millions of farmers. And to think small farmers commit suicide because of a loan of a few thousands rupees!
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Government's Economic Policy A "Betrayal", Says P Chidambaram
- Thursday February 8, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The opposition today targetted the government over agrarian crisis, unemployment and other issues, with Congress leader P Chidambaram dubbing its economic policy as a "betrayal" of the country and saying all norms of fiscal prudence have been thrown out of the window.
- www.ndtv.com
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Government Policies Responsible For "Agrarian Distress": Farmers' Bodies
- Tuesday January 9, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A farmers and agriculture workers convention here today blamed the government's policies for "agrarian distress" in the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Girls In Telangana Drop Out Of School To Pick Cotton In Farms
- Monday November 20, 2017
- Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir
Access to education is still a luxury for young girls in Telangana's Warangal district who are dropping out of school to work on farms. When the debt-ridden farmer can't afford to pay to farm labour, the girl child is the first casualty.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Lawmakers Get 100% Hike As State's Farmers Protest In Delhi
- Wednesday July 19, 2017
- Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Five months after taking over as Chief Minister, E Palaniswami has doubled the salary of the Tamil Nadu's 234 legislators. The hike - under which the legislators will get more than Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 55,000 -- comes amid a stark agrarian crisis in the state. Over the last six months at least 19 farmers have committed suicide, many of the...
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Rahul Gandhi To Address Farmers' Rally In Rajasthan's Banswara Tomorrow
- Tuesday July 18, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Seeking to corner the BJP over the agrarian crisis in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a farmers' rally at Banswara in the state tomorrow.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Our Focus On Development": Telangana's KCR Meets Sharad Pawar In Mumbai
- Sunday February 20, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
NCP president Sharad Pawar stressed the need for all like-minded parties to join hands to resolve various issues like hunger, poverty, unemployment and the agrarian crisis facing the country after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Opposition Leaders Stage Protest Demanding Complete Farm Loan Waiver
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Opposition lawmakers in Maharashtra today staged a protest here alleging agrarian crisis in the state and made a strong pitch for complete farm loan waiver.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Prannoy Roy, Arvind Subramanian On Banking, Farmer Crises: Highlights
- Saturday December 8, 2018
- India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian speaks to NDTV's Prannoy Roy on a range of issues in front of the Indian economy today. From the bad debt crisis in the banking sector to the growing agrarian distress, the Dr Subramanian weighs in on the good, bad and ugly of Asia's third-largest economy.
- www.ndtv.com
-
With Demands Of Loan Waiver, Minimum Wage, Farmers Hit The Road In Delhi
- Wednesday September 5, 2018
- Delhi News | Written by Nimisha Jaiswal
Parts of Delhi turned a sea of red today as thousands of farmers from across India hit the streets of the national capital to draw attention to what they say is an agrarian crisis in the country. The rally, organised by Left-leaning farmers' and workers' groups, is demanding reforms in key government policies on farmers' compensation, minimum wage ...
- www.ndtv.com
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"Anti-Farmer" Laws Blamed For Agrarian Crisis In Petition In Supreme Court
- Tuesday June 19, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A farmers' group has taken its fight for higher remuneration and other issues to the Supreme Court, where it has filed a petition challenging an Article in the Constitution which it claims is against cultivators.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Karnataka Wants Centre To Bear 50% Cost Of Farm Loan Waiver
- Sunday June 17, 2018
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Flagging the agrarian crisis gripping the country, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday urged the Central government to bear 50 per cent of the farm loans the state government plans to waive soon.
- www.ndtv.com
-
"Be Sensitive": Nitish Kumar's Party Advises Ally BJP On Farm Distress
- Wednesday June 6, 2018
- India News | Written by Nidhi Razdan
On a day Congress president Rahul Gandhi took on the BJP-led governments at the centre and in Madhya Pradesh over farm distress, BJP ally JD(U) criticized the ruling party for its handling of the agrarian crisis and the fallout of the firing on protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh a year ago.
- www.ndtv.com
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Opinion: Nirav Modi Escapes Debts. Farmers, Meanwhile...
- Sunday February 25, 2018
- Opinion | Derek O'Brien
The Nirav Modi swindle brought that into sharper effect. The 11,000 crores he has stolen from Indian banks - before being allowed to escape abroad - could have repaid the debts of literally millions of farmers. And to think small farmers commit suicide because of a loan of a few thousands rupees!
- www.ndtv.com
-
Government's Economic Policy A "Betrayal", Says P Chidambaram
- Thursday February 8, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
The opposition today targetted the government over agrarian crisis, unemployment and other issues, with Congress leader P Chidambaram dubbing its economic policy as a "betrayal" of the country and saying all norms of fiscal prudence have been thrown out of the window.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Government Policies Responsible For "Agrarian Distress": Farmers' Bodies
- Tuesday January 9, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
A farmers and agriculture workers convention here today blamed the government's policies for "agrarian distress" in the country.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Girls In Telangana Drop Out Of School To Pick Cotton In Farms
- Monday November 20, 2017
- Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir
Access to education is still a luxury for young girls in Telangana's Warangal district who are dropping out of school to work on farms. When the debt-ridden farmer can't afford to pay to farm labour, the girl child is the first casualty.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Tamil Nadu Lawmakers Get 100% Hike As State's Farmers Protest In Delhi
- Wednesday July 19, 2017
- Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Five months after taking over as Chief Minister, E Palaniswami has doubled the salary of the Tamil Nadu's 234 legislators. The hike - under which the legislators will get more than Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 55,000 -- comes amid a stark agrarian crisis in the state. Over the last six months at least 19 farmers have committed suicide, many of the...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Rahul Gandhi To Address Farmers' Rally In Rajasthan's Banswara Tomorrow
- Tuesday July 18, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
Seeking to corner the BJP over the agrarian crisis in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a farmers' rally at Banswara in the state tomorrow.
- www.ndtv.com