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States should increase the use of NPK, liquid urea: Agri Minister

-IANS/ The Shillong Times New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday asked the states to plan in advance for their fertilisers needs and provide estimates to the Centre so that the Fertiliser Department can timely provide sufficient amount. He also suggested that states should increase the use of NPK and liquid urea and reduce the dependence on DAP fertilisers. Tomar was speaking at the National Conference on Agriculture for Summer...

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75% Kisan Rails operated in Maharashtra -Radheshyam Jadhav

-The Hindu Business Line Railways has operated approximately 1,642 Kisan Rail services out of which 1,239 services are operated in Maharashtra Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on August 7, 2020 flagged off the country’s first Kisan Rail train from Deolali in Nashik (Maharashtra) to Danapur in Bihar. Since then farmers of Maharashtra have reaped maximum benefits of the rail services. The Indian Railways has operated approximately 1,642...

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'No Farmer Died in Police Action During Protests': Union Govt on Compensation Question

-TheWire.in The family of Navreet Singh had claimed that he had died in police firing and rejected the claim that his tractor had overturned on January 26. New Delhi: The Union government on Friday, December 10, said “no farmer died due to police action” during the year-long protests against the farm laws. The movement at Delhi borders was suspended by the umbrella body of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday, after the...

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Gramin Agricultural Markets: Two years on, just 6% haats upgraded -Shagun Kapil

-Down to Earth The Centre had announced a scheme in the 2018-19 budget to upgrade rural haats so that small farmers could get fair prices for their produce It has been two years since an ambitious programme to convert 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) was launched. But only 1,251 have come up till now. This is barely six per cent of the target. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told...

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No record of farmers' deaths due to protest, so no financial assistance: Govt tells Parliament -Snehanshu Shekhar

-IndiaToday.in Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has informed Parliament that the government has “no record" of the deaths of the farmers who camped out at Delhi borders protesting against the now repealed three farm laws. In a written reply to the Opposition’s query on whether the Centre will grant financial assistance to the families of the farmers who lost their lives during the year-long protest, Union Minister Tomar said, “Ministry of...

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