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SFAC playing important role in helping farmers says Radha Mohan Singh

New Delhi, Jan 17 (UNI) The Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium was playing an important role in helping farmers set up Farmer-Producers Organisations (FPO) and helping double farmers’ income by 2022.
Participating in silver jubilees celebration of SFAC here on Thursday, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh said, ``about 551 FPOs have been constituted during 2014-18 by the SFAC, 147.09 per cent more than 223 FPOs set up during 2011-2014. About 7.52 lakh small, medium and marginal farmers have been connected with FPOs.''
SFAC is financial consortium specialising in agri financing, agriculture loan, finance in agriculture, agricultural finance and agriculture bank loans in India.
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29 Mar 2024 | 3:26 PM

New Delhi, Mar 29 (UNI) Accusing the Income Tax Department of being soft towards the BJP, the Congress on Friday demanded that for level playing fields, the department should penalise the ruling party of Rs 4,600 crore using the same sections that it was using for the grand old party.

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Traders, wholesalers, retailers to declare stock position of wheat, rice every Friday: Govt

Traders, wholesalers, retailers to declare stock position of wheat, rice every Friday: Govt

29 Mar 2024 | 2:12 PM

New Delhi, Mar 29 (UNI) With a view to check any hoarding and artificial increase in prices of foodgrains, the Government has asked Traders, Wholesalers and others to declare stock position of wheat every Friday till further orders.

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DoT advisory against fraud WhatsApp calls

DoT advisory against fraud WhatsApp calls

29 Mar 2024 | 2:05 PM

New Delhi, Mar 29 (UNI) Taking note of rising fraud calls and cyber crimes, the Department of Telcom Friday issued an advisory about WhatsApp calls from foreign origin mobile numbers and asked citizens not to entertain such calls and not reveal any information.

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PM has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Kharge

PM has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Kharge

28 Mar 2024 | 10:30 PM

New Delhi, Mar 28 (UNI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comment on the Congress and said that the PM has mastered the art of "manipulating: democracy and "hurting" the Constitution.

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Comments on our electoral, legal processes completely unacceptable: MEA

Comments on our electoral, legal processes completely unacceptable: MEA

28 Mar 2024 | 7:34 PM

New Delhi, Mar 28 (UNI) The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that recent remarks by the US State Department on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest are "unwarranted," and any such external imputation on India's electoral and legal processes is "completely unacceptable".

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