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Hello Jammu News at 11:31:00 PM 0


Ranchi, Jun 24  :   Five lakh farmers were on Monday given Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Samman Nidhi Yojana through direct benefit transfer in Jharkhand.

Addressing a programme at Khelgaon here to mark the occasion, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that Rs 5,000 crore will be given to farmers within two/three months.

"This amount will strengthen the rural economy. In July benefits under Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirvad Yojana will also be given to the farmers. Under this scheme Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 will be given to those farmers having one to five acre of land. Together with the central and state schemes, the farmers will be given a minimum of Rs 11,000 and a maximum of Rs 31,000," Das said.

Stating that due to lack of land records some farmers are being deprived of the benefit of the scheme, Das said that the state government has requested the Centre to amend the rule in the interest of Jharkhand, benefiting the farmers.

Das said the Centre has included farmers of all sections under the Pradhan Mantri Kishan Samman Nidhi.

Jharkhand Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperatives minister, Randhir Singh said that farmers affected by drought will soon be provided assistance.

Chief Secretary D K Tiwari said that that overall development of farmers is the priority of the government.

He said that the state government is giving 80 per cent subsidy on purchase of agricultural equipment and 50 per cent on purchase of seeds and manure.                            [Agencies]
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Hello Jammu News at 11:49:00 AM 0


Muzaffarnagar, Oct 15 (PTI) A 50-year-old farmer, who was missing since Saturday, was found dead in Hoshaganj village, police said Monday.

A case of murder was registered against one Abdul who was on the run following a complaint by the farmer's son, SHO OP Choudhary said.

According to his son, the farmer, Nawab, had gone to his fields Saturday but he did not return home later, the SHO said, adding his body was found Sunday evening.

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Hello Jammu News at 5:50:00 PM 0


Chandigarh, Oct 12 (PTI) The SAD on Friday asked the Punjab government to immediately disburse Rs 3,000 per acre to farmers for managing paddy straw, while asserting that it would stand by the peasants and not allow the state to register cases against them.

The burning of paddy straw in open fields after harvesting is the main reason of air pollution in the state and in adjoining Delhi-NCR.

Former minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia claimed it was shocking that instead of offering money to the farmers to manage paddy straw or engaging machines to deal with it free of cost, the Congress government had shifted this responsibility to peasants and was now intimidating them with threats of cases and jail terms.

Urging the farmers to unite for countering these "repressive tactics", Majithia said the SAD rank and file would stand with them and protest any move to penalize farmers.

Blaming the Congress government for "failing" to take steps to avoid burning of paddy stubble in the state, the SAD leader said the government had a full year to tackle the issue, but has aggravated it.

"The government first delayed paddy transplantation by 10 days through a dictatorial order which has reduced the window for sowing of wheat and gives very little time to farmers to manage paddy straw," he said.

"The government then placed orders for 14,000 machines like happy seeder and super straw management systems but only around 500 machines have been received at subsidised rates," he said.

Majithia asked the Congress government how it could "victimise" farmers when it had been given Rs 665 crore by the Centre to generate awareness on stubble burning and boosting use of subsidized machinery.

The only option left for the state was to compensate farmers for the cost incurred by them in managing paddy straw, he said.

Alleging that the Congress government only believed in "hype and had zero performance" to its credit, Majithia said the government had announced formation of a one million paddy straw challenge fund last year to come up with technology solutions to manage crop residue.

"Nothing has come out of it. Similarly the government has failed to encourage biomass plants or make arrangements for paddy straw to be used as fuel in kilns and other such measures," he said.

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Hello Jammu News at 11:53:00 AM 0

Mumbai, Aug 29 : The Maharashtra government's revised farm loan waiver norms, which will increase the number of beneficiaries, will cost the state an additional Rs 500 crore, an official said today.

The state government has already spent Rs 15,882 crore for the implementation of its 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana', designed for crop loan waiver, which was announced in June last year.

The government had then pegged the total loan waiver amount at around Rs 34,000 crore.

Around 58 lakh farmers are currently covered under the scheme, the state government said during the Maharashtra Assembly's monsoon session held last month.

The state government expanded the scope of the loan waiver scheme last month by extending its benefits to every member of the farmer's family in case of them having separate loan accounts.

Earlier, the state government had considered the farmer's family as one unit, eligible to claim waiver of Rs 1.50 lakh agricultural debt.

However, it had left those families dissatisfied where there were multiple people having outstanding loans, a state government official said.

"We want to address this unrest among farmers, so norms for loan waiver implementation have been changed. But going by our assessment, the additional burden would not be more than Rs 500 crore," the official said.

"After the revised norms, the total number of farmers who would benefit from the loan waiver scheme would not be more than 65 lakh," he added.PTI


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Hello Jammu News at 11:58:00 AM 0



Muzaffarnagar, Aug 28 : A 32-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said today. 

The reason behind him taking the extreme step is not yet known. The deceased was identified as Amit Kumar, they said.

He was found hanging from a ceiling hook of a room near his field last evening, police said.
The matter is being probed.PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 12:31:00 PM 0

Jos (Nigeria), Jun 25 (AFP) Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has called for calm after 86 people were killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in the restive centre of the country.



The grim discovery in the Barikin Ladi area of Plateau state came after days of violence apparently sparked by an attack by ethnic Berom farmers on Fulani herders on Thursday.

State police commissioner Undie Adie said a search of Berom villages in the area following clashes on Saturday found "86 persons altogether were killed".

Adie told reporters six people were also injured and 50 houses were razed.

Bodies of those who died have been released to their families, he added.

The deaths are the latest in a long-running battle for land and resources that is putting President Muhammadu Buhari under pressure as elections approach next year.

The violence fuelled by ethnic, religious and political allegiances has killed thousands over several decades.

Analysts believe it could become Nigeria's biggest security concern, eclipsing Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency that has left at least 20,000 dead since 2009.

Buhari's office said he "appeals for calm and assures that no efforts will be spared" to bring those responsible to justice and prevent further attacks.

"The grievous loss of lives and property arising from the killings in Plateau today is painful and regrettable," he added.

The Plateau state government said it had imposed restrictions on movements in the Riyom, Barikin Ladi and Jos South areas "to avert a breakdown of law and order".

"The curfew takes effect immediately... and movement is restricted from 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) to 6:00 am, except (for) those on essential duties," spokesman Rufus Bature said.

On Sunday, ethnic Berom youths set up barricades on the Jos-Abuja highway and attacked motorists who looked "Fulani and Muslim", according to those who escaped the violence.

Plateau state police spokesman Tyopev Terna and Major Adam Umar, from the military taskforce in the state capital, Jos, confirmed the blockade and vandalism to several cars.

There were no official reports of deaths but Baba Bala, who escaped the violence on the road, said at least six people were killed.

"I escaped with a smashed windscreen and dents on my car. I saw six dead bodies and several damaged cars," he added.

Plateau state governor Simon Lalong promised that "operational plans are currently being put in place to secure the affected communities and fish out perpetrators of these crimes.

"While we pray for God's guidance through this difficult time, we will do everything humanly possible to secure our state immediately." But the violence in Plateau followed a pattern that has become familiar in the state and elsewhere and which the authorities appear unable to stop.

On Thursday, Berom farmers attacked five ethnic Fulani herders travelling with their cattle in a truck at Heipang, in Barikin Ladi.

On Friday, two Berom children were killed in Arangai and Mangu Halle villages in what appeared to be reprisal attacks.

Police spokesman Terna said there were more reprisals on Berom villages in the Gashish area of Barikin Ladi which were "believed to have been carried out by Fulani herdsmen".

"This led to today's violence," he added.

Lamwakers earlier this month demanded that Buhari address worsening security across the country, accusing police of failing to prevent the violence.

On Sunday, Senate leader Bukola Saraki said the killings gave the impression that Nigeria was "not safe".

It was "important for Nigerians to start having the assurances that the government is decisively responding to the current threat to lives and property", he said.

Separately, clashes erupted on Friday between Fulani herders and ethnic Bachama farmers in Dowayan village, in the Demsa area of Adamawa state, in northeast Nigeria.

Adamawa police spokesman Othman Abubakar told AFP: "Six people were killed and seven others injured.

"The violence started when Bachama farmers prevented Fulani herdsmen from grazing in a field outside the village. Clashes erupted as a result.

"The Bachama mobilised and burnt some Fulani settlements and the Fulani went into Dowayan and burnt houses." Demsa and the nearby Numan area of Adamawa were the scene of deadly clashes between herders and farmers that left scores dead last December.

Buhari has been accused of failing to act as he is also Muslim and Fulani. His government has proposed setting up cattle ranches to prevent tensions over grazing land. (AFP) CPS

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Hello Jammu News at 11:44:00 AM 0

Mumbai, Jun 19: A farmers' group has taken its fight for higher remuneration and other issues to the Supreme Court, where it has filed a petition challenging an Article in the Constitution which it claims is against cultivators.
The Kisaan Putra Andolan (KPA), a movement started in Maharashtra by farmers' activist Amar Habib, filed the petition in the apex court on March 21 seeking abolition of the Constitution's Article 31B and a Schedule under it, while dubbing them as "anti-farmer".
The movement's members are of the view that the abolition of Article 31B will pave way for challenging many laws that are the cause of agrarian crisis in the country.
According to KPA, some of these laws come under the Agricultural Land Ceiling Act, the Essential Commodities Act and the Land Acquisition Act, which are part of the Constitution's Ninth Schedule.
Notably, laws under the Ninth Schedule are not open to judicial review.
Habib, a close aide of Shetkari Sanghatana leader late Sharad Joshi, said that times have changed and so has the government's attitude.
Instead of going for street agitations, KPA has identified the root cause of the agrarian crisis and will remove it with the help of judiciary, he told reporters here yesterday.
Explaining how they feel these laws are "anti-farmer", KPA activist Makarand Doijad, who filed the petition in SC, said as per the Essential Commodities Act, every person has the right to determine the price of his product, storage capacity and transportation for every business, except cultivators.
"The central government possesses all these rights with it, it decides prices of agriculture produce and everything related to it," he said.
The government has also restricted land holdings of farmers, which means they cannot own land more than the determined limit, Doijad said.
"Article 31B itself is non-constitutional as it violates the right to equality and justice to all citizens of the country since it says that all laws incorporated as part of the Ninth Schedule cannot be challenged in any court of law," he claimed.
Habib said this means farmers cannot challenge these laws which are "draconian in nature".
"If we are able to abolish these laws then the government won't need to provide any farm loan waiver," he said. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 12:04:00 PM 0
Muzaffarnagar, Jun 8 :  Ten farmers from Haryana, who were facing arrest warrants, surrendered before a local court and were sent to judicial custody in connection with an attempt to murder in Kairana here.

The additional chief judicial magistrate in Kairana sent them to 14 days judicial custody yesterday in the case.

According to the prosecution, the bail plea of the farmers was rejected. 

The Kairana police had registered cases against 17 farmers in an attempt to murder case at Nawi village in Shamli district in April last year. 

The rest of the farmers are still absconding.
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Hello Jammu News at 12:05:00 PM 0
 Mumbai, May 15 : After Alia Bhatt, her Brahmastra co-star Ranbir Kapoor has joined hands with Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s Paani Foundation to help farmers and villagers and drought hit regions of Maharashtra.
The actor, who has been busy promoting Sanju, too a break from work, to do 'Shramadaan' along with the Thugs Of Hindostan actor and his wife.
Earlier this month, on May Day or Labour Day on May 1, Alia Bhatt had become the ‘Jal Mitra’ and did her bit of 'Shramadaan' along with Aamir.
Yesterday, Ranbir and Kiran headed to Dahindule village in Maharashtra to take the Battle Against Drought under Paani foundation a step further and change lives.
Sharing a few pictures from the Shramadaan, the foundation’s official handle posted, 'Here’s a new #Jalmitra on the block! @ranbir_kapoor_official joined shramadaan at village Dahindule this morning. A warm welcome to him. Sharing shramadaan expertise, @_aamirkhan showed Ranbir the ropes. Kiran Rao was hard at work too. And a watershed structure was created! #BattleAgainstDrought #PaaniFoundation #SatyamevJayate #WaterCup2018.'
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Hello Jammu News at 6:11:00 PM 0
Punjab govt cleared Rs 835 lakhs relief to kin in suicide cases of farmers, farm labourers

 Chandigarh, Apr 25 : Fast-tracking the process of providing relief to the families of farmers and farm labourers who have committed suicide, the Capt Amarinder Singh government has approved financial assistance to the tune of Rs 835 lakhs in 296 cases of suicide since taking over the reins of Punjab.
This is the highest ever amount of relief given to the affected families in such cases since the scheme was launched in 2015.
Stating this here on Wednesday, an official spokesperson said the relief had been sanctioned by the State Level Committee (SLC) set up for the purpose in nine meetings since April last year.
Giving details, he said the Chief Minister had directed early clearance of the backlog in such cases by the SLC for rendering financial assistance to the kin of farmer and farm labourers affected by suicides.
All the Deputy Commissioners, who are also the heads of District Level Committees, had been directed to scrutinize the cases falling under their jurisdiction on a monthly basis. They had further been asked to forward the cases for to the SLC for approval by the 10th of every month, the spokesperson said.
Among the cases cleared by the SLC are 199 that date back to the period between 2013 to 2016. These include 11 cases of 2013, 31 of 2014, 29 of 2015, 128 of 2016 and 80 cases of 2017.
The approved cases include 80 cases from Sangrur, 58 cases from Mansa, 44 from Barnala, 24 from Bathinda, 13 from Tarn Taran, 9 from Amritsar, 07 cases each from Faridkot and Fatehgarh Sahib, 06 from Fazilka, 08 from Sri Muktsar Sahib, 04 cases from Ferozepur, and 1case each from Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar, 11 cases from Ludhiana, 02 from Patiala and 03 from Rupnagar.
The spokesperson said the Chief Minister’s directions in this regard were being followed in letter and spirit, and monthly meeting was being held at District and State levels to ensure speedy disbursal of financial assistance to the kin of farmers and farm labourers who had ended their lives in desperation on account of their unmanageable debt burdens.
Pointing out that his government had already launched a debt waiver scheme for the small and marginal farmers, and had also assured of similar relief to the farm labourers in subsequent phases, Capt Amarinder Singh appealed to the farmers and farm labourers not to resort to such desperate measures as suicide. UNI 
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Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Apr 19: Incidents of distressed farmers committing suicides are on an increase in the eight districts of Marathwada region which recorded a total of 278 cases since January 1 to April 16, registering a rise by 27 in the corresponding period last year.
The rise is registered despite the Maharashtra government waiving crop loans of 9 lakh farmers across the region and also implementing various measures like Jalyukat Shivar to tackle the situation. 
Primary causes of suicides seems mounting debt, no adequate return to their farm products, infertility, cotton crop affected by pink bolwrom pest, hailstorm rains and among other reasons, it said. 
The highest numbers of 51 suicides were reported in drought-prone Beed district followed by Aurangabad-45, Osmanabad-40, Parbhani-36, Jalna-31, Nanded and Latur-27 and lowest Hingoli district- 21. 
Of the 278 suicides, 115 cases have been found applicable for compensation, while 56 were rejected in inquiry by the authority. Inquiry in 107 suicides cases still pending, the report added. UNI
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Sangli, Maharashtra, Mar 31: Three farmers, including a woman and her son, were killed due to a electric shock early this morning at Yellur village in Walva tehsil of this district.
According to Kurlup police station, woman farmer Chhaya Laxman Mahadik (50), a resident of Yellur village, was engaged in work to supply water to their agri corps in the field, with her son Prabhakar (30) and labor Prakash Vimanna Magdum (45) of Jat of this district early this morning. 
Suddenly all of them suffered a shock from a electric wire, which was fallen in the field. In this incident, all three were dead on the spot. 
Police registered a case and started probe. UNI
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Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Mar 30: As many as 66 more panic-stricken and distressed farmers committed suicides in past 21 days in the eight district of Marathawada region.
With this the toll of suicide cases had shot up to 221 from January 1 to March 25 as compared to 155 on March 4, according to Divisional Commissioner Official sources.
It may be noted that 191 farmers had committed suicide during the same period last year. 
According to the updated reports of farmers' suicides, till March 25, 2018, 221 farmers had committed suicide in eight districts.
The highest number of 36 suicides were reported in Aurangabad, 33 in Osmanabad district, 24 in Parbhani districts, 23 each in Jalna and Nanded districts, 22 in Latur district and lowest 18 suicides in Hingoli district, the sources said.
Primary causes of suicides were mounting debt, no adequate return to their farm products, infertility, cotton crop affected by pink bollwrom pest, hailstorm rains, among others.
Despite state government implementing loan waiver schemes in the state, number of farmers committing suicide is increasing continuously across the state. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 4:47:00 PM 0


Vijaypur, Mar 22: the crops of border and the Kandi area  Because of the absence of rain the wheat and mustard crops were reaching To dry.  and the peasants worried about the crops were eagerly waiting for the rain for long time. yesterday With little rain in the morning, the landlords have got a lot of relief. , the crops of the Kandi and border areas of sub district Vijaypur were drying due to lack of rain, due to which the farmers were worried enough. But now the wheat, gram, mustard crop is expected to be good, the farmers of Kandi and marginal areas were waiting for rain for some time, due to the absence of rain, the faces of the farmers started to fade but this rain The farmers of the Kandi area are only dependent on rain if the rain continues from time to time, then the crop gets better in the candy area and And if not at the time, the farmers have to face many problems. The same farmer Ashok Kumar, Raj Kumar, Puran Chand, Valdev Raj, Suresh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, etc. Told that the crop of the Kandi area had reached the harvest , in such a way rain will prove to be nectar for the crops. If there is no rain on some occasions, , so that many problems can arise on the farmers. (Gurdeep Kumar)

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Kolkata, Mar 10: The net increase in the annual income of farmers has increased from Rs 91,011 during financial year (FY) 2010-11 to Rs 2,39,000 during FY 2016-17, a doubling of income or an increase of 262.74 per cent.
The expected production of foodgrains and rice will be around 184.23 lakh metric tonnes (MT) and 161.84 lakh MT, respectively, during 2017-18.
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been adopted to increase the production of rice at low cost. 
The state has been able to increase the area of production of aromatic rice varieties like Gobindobhog and Tulaipanji.
The State Government has also attached importance on the production of pulses. The estimated production during 2017-18 has been 4.63 lakh MT while for 2018-19, the target has been fixed at 4.75 lakh MT.
The department has taken several initiatives to improve the overall economy of state-run farms and to attain self-sufficiency in quality seed production. 
The farms will engage contractual, daily and piece-rated workers to ensure maximum coverage of the net cultivable area under them. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 7:57:00 PM 0

GoI committed to revamp state's agriculture sector

SRINAGAR, JULY 04: The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh today said that central Government is committed to revamp agriculture scenario of the state by providing all possible financial supports to double the farmers’ income by 2022.
The Minister was addressing a meeting with State Agricultural and its allied sectors officials convened here today to review the overall scenario of the sectors.
Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, Minister for Animal & Sheep Husbandry   and Fisheries Abdul Gani Kohli, Minister of State for agriculture Sunil Kumar Sharma, VC, Kisan Advisory Board Daljit Singh Chib, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-K Dr. Nazer Ahmad, officers from Union and State agriculture departments and ICAR scientist attended the session.
 The Union Minister asked the concerned for accelerating the pace of developmental work   being executed under the sectors ensuring their timely completion.  He also called for submission of Utilization Certificate  for further release of funds from the Centre.   He called upon them to formulated schemes in coordination with line departments like Agriculture, SKUAST and ICAR for the benefit of the farmers. He asked the concerned for redressing the issues with regard to farmers’ welfare on priority.
Directing the concerned for establishing Soil Testing Labs at block levels for the convenience of farmers, Mr. Singh asked for speeding up the process of soil testing, activating all soil testing lab and collecting sample for the second round of the soil testing. He stressed for better synergy and coordination within the departments and directed the concerned for taking quarterly revive meetings to make sure hassle free implementation of farmer welfare schemes. He also stressed for increasing micro irrigation programs across the state.
 Mr. Singh called for enacting  act in coordination with the forest department  to grant relaxation for cutting and transportation of  certain wood to improve income generating capacity of farmers.
   Seeking details regarding the utilization of funds schemes-wise, the Minister was informed that an amount of Rs. 449.26 crore was allocated under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes during 2016-17 and Rs. 110.19 crore stands expended against the released amount of Rs 190.64 crore so far.
            Reviewing the status of distribution of Soil Health Cards, the Union Minister was informed that against the target of 9.14 lakh, as many as 5.28 lakh Soil Health Cards have been distributed so far and rest of the cards would be distributed soon.

          Earlier, through power point presentation, the Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department J&K Sandeep K Nayak informed the Union Minister about the measures being taken for the development of agriculture sector. He also informed about the initiatives being taken for the betterment of farmers and to double their income by 2022.
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Hello Jammu News at 10:02:00 PM 0

REASI, JUNE 14: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Reasi of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) organized campaign on “ Layout of Orchards”   at village Judd in Reasi district of J&K which was  attended by a large number of farmers of the area.

The programme was organized under the   guidance of Associate Director Extension and Incharge of KVKs of SKUAST-J, Dr R K Arora. The programme was initiated by Dr. Banarsi Lal, Scientist & Head of KVK, Reasi.

He urged upon the farmers to switch over to modern techniques to increase productivity of fruit crops like as there is ample scope in the region. He further added that the farmers of the area should shift from subsistence horticulture farming to commercial horticulture farming so that their socio-economic status can be raised.  

He said the farmers can double their farm income by establishing the orchards onscientific lines. He elaborated the scientific guidelines for the layout of the orchards. He stressed on the marketing of fruit crops and said that the district is bestowed with the world famous place Katra where the fruit crops and processed fruit products can be sold throughout the year.

 Dr. Suja Nabi Qureshi, scientist guided the farmers on the layout of orchards and stressed on the proper spacing between plants to ensure maximum production. He elaborated on the proper location and site of the orchards and advised the farmers to go for   soil testing before establishing the orchard of any fruit crop.

           On this occasion many quarries were raised by the farmers which KVK scientists answered in a satisfactorily way. The programme was assisted by Smt. Shalini Khajuria.

The programme was concluded by Dr.Banarsi Lal, Scientist & Head of KVK, Reasi with vote of thanks.

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