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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lost Power For Ignoring Farmer Issues: HD Deve Gowda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi must realise the need to address the concerns of farmers through some relief package including loan waiver ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after the defeat of the BJP in three Hindi heartland states, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda said on Tuesday.
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PM Considers 3 Options To Help Farmers Hit By Low Crop Prices: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs 3 lakh crore, according to three government sources. The possibilities are a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a l...
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Beat Themselves To Protest MLAs' Salary Hike
Tamil Nadu farmers rallying in New Delhi to demand loan waiver and drought relief package on Thursday beat themselves with flip-flops to protest the almost two-fold salary hikes state legislators have given themselves.
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Amarinder Singh Announces Total Waiver On Crop Loans For Small, Marginal Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans for small and marginal farmers in Punjab.
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India Now Faces $49.1 Bn Farm-Loan Waivers-16 Times 2017 Budget For Rural Roads
As demands for farm-loan waivers grow across Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka-after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra wrote off loans worth Rs 36,359 crore and Rs 30,000 crore respectively-India faces a cumulative loan waiver of Rs 3.1 lakh crore ($49.1 billion), or 2.6% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) i...
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...
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Farmers Get Additional 60 Days To Repay Crop Loans
In a relief to farmers hit by demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today gave an additional 60 days to repay their crop loans due in November-December and said that prompt repayment would be eligible for the extra 3 per cent interest subsidy.
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Government Rules Out Loan Waiver To Sugar Mills
Government on Tuesday ruled out any new package or loan waiver to sugar mills although their dues to sugarcane farmers have touched Rs 15,893 crore.
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Congress Demands Special Package for Drought, Flood-Hit Farmers
Congress today asked the government to announce a special package for farmers affected by drought and floods saying the country would not survive if their condition continued to be precarious.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lost Power For Ignoring Farmer Issues: HD Deve Gowda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi must realise the need to address the concerns of farmers through some relief package including loan waiver ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls after the defeat of the BJP in three Hindi heartland states, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda said on Tuesday.
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PM Considers 3 Options To Help Farmers Hit By Low Crop Prices: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs 3 lakh crore, according to three government sources. The possibilities are a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a l...
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Tamil Nadu Farmers Beat Themselves To Protest MLAs' Salary Hike
Tamil Nadu farmers rallying in New Delhi to demand loan waiver and drought relief package on Thursday beat themselves with flip-flops to protest the almost two-fold salary hikes state legislators have given themselves.
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Amarinder Singh Announces Total Waiver On Crop Loans For Small, Marginal Farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced total waiver of entire crop loans for small and marginal farmers in Punjab.
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India Now Faces $49.1 Bn Farm-Loan Waivers-16 Times 2017 Budget For Rural Roads
As demands for farm-loan waivers grow across Punjab, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka-after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra wrote off loans worth Rs 36,359 crore and Rs 30,000 crore respectively-India faces a cumulative loan waiver of Rs 3.1 lakh crore ($49.1 billion), or 2.6% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) i...
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In The Heart of Delhi, A Protest With 12 Skulls
Around a dozen human skulls are on display at Jantar Mantar -- the protest zone in Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi. The 150-odd men who have been camping with the bizarre relics since March 14, say they are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide. If the Centre only gave them a loan waiver and a drought relief package, these...
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Farmers Get Additional 60 Days To Repay Crop Loans
In a relief to farmers hit by demonetisation, the Reserve Bank today gave an additional 60 days to repay their crop loans due in November-December and said that prompt repayment would be eligible for the extra 3 per cent interest subsidy.
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Government Rules Out Loan Waiver To Sugar Mills
Government on Tuesday ruled out any new package or loan waiver to sugar mills although their dues to sugarcane farmers have touched Rs 15,893 crore.
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Congress Demands Special Package for Drought, Flood-Hit Farmers
Congress today asked the government to announce a special package for farmers affected by drought and floods saying the country would not survive if their condition continued to be precarious.
