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Mahindra Rolls Out M-Protect COVID Plan For Farmers
Under the M-Protect covid plan, Mahindra will provide its customers with a health cover of Rs. 1 lakh through a unique COVID Mediclaim policy covering the customer in case they contract COVID-19 with home quarantine benefits.
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No Intention To Foray Into Contract Farming: Reliance Industries Limited
RIL filed a petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court hoping to end a string of incidents of vandalism of Jio Infocomm's towers
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Private Companies Won't Grab Land Under Contract Farming: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private firms might grab farmers' land under a new contract farming law enacted by the Centre, as he listened to success stories about benefits of the new Acts while interacting with peasants from seven states.
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PM Releases Rs 18,000 Crore Under Central Farmers' Scheme Amid Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released Rs 18,000 crore to over nine crore farmer families under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) programme. With the push of a button, PM Modi enabled the transfer of money at an event that the ruling BJP has made into a big exercise amid the protest by farmers against three new farm laws.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers In Lurch As Rice Firm Goes Back On Contractual Promise
A Delhi-based rice company has allegedly refused to buy paddy from the farmers of Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district under the agreement of contract farming - highlighting one of the key issues the farmers have been protesting about.
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Centre Launches 100-Page E-Booklet On New Farm Laws Amid Farmers' Protest
As farmers intensify their protest seeking repeal of three farm laws, the government on Thursday issued an e-booklet highlighting the success stories of farmers who have benefited from contract farming after enactment of these legislations.
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Jobs, Credit, Farm Focus In Nirmala Sitharaman's Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a third set of measures, worth Rs 2.65 lakh crore, under the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat package aimed at rescuing the economy out of a historic contraction caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Largely focused on creating jobs and boosting the nascent recovery visible in various sectors, ...
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Lecturer Turns Farm Labourer To Support Family Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
Navnath Gore was a lecturer in a college in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, but the COVID-19-induced lockdown took away his contract job and reduced him to a farm labourer.
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Don't "Selectively Quote Rules": Bhupinder Hooda On Centre's Farm Bill Remark
As the Central government decides to attack the Opposition using Haryana's contract farming rules implemented by the Congress, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, under whose tenure the legislation was implemented, mounted an attack on the Centre for "citing rules selectively".
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Man Killed, Body Buried In His Farm Over Due Payment In Maharashtra: Cops
A postmaster was killed over payment of contract farming dues near Nagpur in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.
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Union Budget Allocates Rs 10 Lakh Crore For Agricultural Credit
The budget also announced an initial corpus of rs 5,000 crore for micro irrigation schemes. The government will also bring a model law on contract farming which would be circulated among states for adoption.
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To Tackle Dal Shortage, Centre Looks At Growing Pulses in African Nations
Government is exploring the feasibility of contract farming of pulses in African countries -- Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi -- as it looks for a long-term solution to domestic shortage and high prices.
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Suzlon arm REpower bags two orders from wind farms in France
Wind turbine maker Suzlon today said its arm REpower Systems has bagged two contracts for supplying 20 wind turbines in France.
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Rs 224 crores cheated by EMU firms in Erode district
More than Rs 224 crore has been cheated by 42 EMU contract farming firms in the district last year, police said.
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Sebi seeks details from brokers on exposure to NSEL: report
NSEL, which offers an electronic platform for spot market trading in various farm commodities as also bullion contracts, has suspended trade in almost all its products.
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Mahindra Rolls Out M-Protect COVID Plan For Farmers
Under the M-Protect covid plan, Mahindra will provide its customers with a health cover of Rs. 1 lakh through a unique COVID Mediclaim policy covering the customer in case they contract COVID-19 with home quarantine benefits.
-
No Intention To Foray Into Contract Farming: Reliance Industries Limited
RIL filed a petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court hoping to end a string of incidents of vandalism of Jio Infocomm's towers
-
Private Companies Won't Grab Land Under Contract Farming: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private firms might grab farmers' land under a new contract farming law enacted by the Centre, as he listened to success stories about benefits of the new Acts while interacting with peasants from seven states.
-
PM Releases Rs 18,000 Crore Under Central Farmers' Scheme Amid Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released Rs 18,000 crore to over nine crore farmer families under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) programme. With the push of a button, PM Modi enabled the transfer of money at an event that the ruling BJP has made into a big exercise amid the protest by farmers against three new farm laws.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers In Lurch As Rice Firm Goes Back On Contractual Promise
A Delhi-based rice company has allegedly refused to buy paddy from the farmers of Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district under the agreement of contract farming - highlighting one of the key issues the farmers have been protesting about.
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Centre Launches 100-Page E-Booklet On New Farm Laws Amid Farmers' Protest
As farmers intensify their protest seeking repeal of three farm laws, the government on Thursday issued an e-booklet highlighting the success stories of farmers who have benefited from contract farming after enactment of these legislations.
-
Jobs, Credit, Farm Focus In Nirmala Sitharaman's Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a third set of measures, worth Rs 2.65 lakh crore, under the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat package aimed at rescuing the economy out of a historic contraction caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Largely focused on creating jobs and boosting the nascent recovery visible in various sectors, ...
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Lecturer Turns Farm Labourer To Support Family Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
Navnath Gore was a lecturer in a college in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, but the COVID-19-induced lockdown took away his contract job and reduced him to a farm labourer.
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Don't "Selectively Quote Rules": Bhupinder Hooda On Centre's Farm Bill Remark
As the Central government decides to attack the Opposition using Haryana's contract farming rules implemented by the Congress, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, under whose tenure the legislation was implemented, mounted an attack on the Centre for "citing rules selectively".
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Man Killed, Body Buried In His Farm Over Due Payment In Maharashtra: Cops
A postmaster was killed over payment of contract farming dues near Nagpur in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.
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Union Budget Allocates Rs 10 Lakh Crore For Agricultural Credit
The budget also announced an initial corpus of rs 5,000 crore for micro irrigation schemes. The government will also bring a model law on contract farming which would be circulated among states for adoption.
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To Tackle Dal Shortage, Centre Looks At Growing Pulses in African Nations
Government is exploring the feasibility of contract farming of pulses in African countries -- Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi -- as it looks for a long-term solution to domestic shortage and high prices.
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Suzlon arm REpower bags two orders from wind farms in France
Wind turbine maker Suzlon today said its arm REpower Systems has bagged two contracts for supplying 20 wind turbines in France.
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Rs 224 crores cheated by EMU firms in Erode district
More than Rs 224 crore has been cheated by 42 EMU contract farming firms in the district last year, police said.
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Sebi seeks details from brokers on exposure to NSEL: report
NSEL, which offers an electronic platform for spot market trading in various farm commodities as also bullion contracts, has suspended trade in almost all its products.
