Sharma said now he receives less pension compared to his juniors and urged the government to pay uniform pension to all armed forces personnel.
August 9, 2018Nearly 12,000 farmers have committed suicide in the country, Banerjee said, adding that not a single farmer from West Bengal figured among them.
July 27, 2018A day after the Prime Minister addressed “Kisan Kalyan Rally” (farmers’ welfare rally) at Malout in Punjab to mark the increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops by the Centre, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday termed it politics of ‘meanest standard’. In a statement, Sidhu said while the Shiromani Akali Dal …
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July 12, 2018Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Assembly, Abhay Singh Chautala, on Tuesday, condemned the minimum support price (MSP ) for the kharif crops for the year 2018- 2019 as insufficient, meager and not matching with the cost of production. Speaking to reporters at Gurugram, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader said a lot of …
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July 11, 2018The recent increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for 14 crops being put down during the ensuing ‘kharif’ season appeared substantial enough for the announcement to attract bold headlines ~ and kudos from political entities inclined in the government’s favour. As was only to be expected, the Opposition said it was misleading eyewash, fell …
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July 9, 2018The Punjab Congress president said farmers were aware now and they would root out the Modi government from power in the next general elections.
July 5, 2018