Tirupati, July 2 (IANS) Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced that the government will spend Rs 7.5 lakh crore under Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission – Gramin (VB-G RAM G) in five years. He formally launched the scheme at an event held at Mukkavaripalle in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh in the presence of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Union Ministers of State for Rural Developme…
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New Delhi/Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) The Central government has announced financial relief for mango growers in Karnataka who have been hit hard by falling market prices and adverse weather conditions. Under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS), the Centre has approved financial assistance of Rs 1,750 per quintal for Totapuri mangoes, covering up to 1.30 lakh metric tonnes of produce,The statement was issued by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi on Thu…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the agriculture production in the country has increased by nearly 44 per cent over the past ten years and many farmers’ incomes have doubled, according to an official statement on Tuesday.Central Government has launched a comprehensive campaign to enhance farmers’ productivity and income with record procurement at Minimum Support Price, the minister said in the Lok SabhaFurther the minister highlighted Prad…
Shimla, Dec 25 (IANS) The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday condemned the Union government’s apple import policies, saying successive decisions taken by it reflected a clear “anti-farmer and anti-horticulture mindset” that is pushing the state’s apple growers towards economic uncertainty. Responding to the reduction of duty on apples imported from New Zealand from 50 to 25 per cent under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), state Education Minister Rohit Thakur said the deci…