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Day 2 of the presser by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed issues related to migrants, farmers, street vendors, small traders and self-employed people

Karnataka high court has sought a report from the government on how it permitted former CM HD Kumaraswamy’s son’s marriage amid lockdown.  Congressman Randip Surjewala was found violating lockdown orders in Haryana as he addressed a few farmers. The BJP has criticised his move.

Pharmaceutical industry sees high demand for higher curcumin content turmeric given the coronavirus situation that has taken over the nation

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an economic package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore that will help the poor, migrant workers, farmers, widows, the specially-abled and construction labourers, under Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojana project

The Supreme Court will hear the curative petition of Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta on Monday. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the Bundelkhand Expressway is going to benefit the farmers of the region of UP. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines of the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Bundelkhand Expressway at Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh today. The 296-kilometre long Expressway will provide a four-lane access-controlled route in Uttar Pradesh.
                   

To enable universal access to Concessional Institutional credit, the Government of India has initiated a drive in Mission Mode for saturating all PM-KISAN beneficiaries with Kisan Credit Card (KCC). This will help all such farmers to get short term loans for crop & animal/fish rearing at a maximum interest of 4% on timely repayment.

The scheme called 'UP Kisan Asaan Kisht Yojana' is aimed at enabling tube well owners to pay their bills in easy instalments without interest. “It is good that loudspeakers that have caused undue tensions in the past will be put to some good use now,” said PVVNL MD Arvin Mallapa Bangari.

A 16 point plan has been disclosed I budget 2020 to double farmers' income by the year 2022. The Finance Minister has allocated Rs. 1.60 lakh crore for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rs. 1.23 lakh crore towards Rural Development Ministry. Here are 10 highlights of budget 2020 for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

Businessmen, farmers, activists reacted to the Union Budget 2020 and gave it a thumbs up for its tax reliefs, measured allocations for different fields

 "Our government is committed to the goal of doubling farmers' income by 2022," Nirmala Sitharaman said during her Budget speech. 

PM-KMY inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12th September, 2019 provides for payment of minimum pension of Rs.3000/- per month to the eligible small and marginal farmers on attaining the age of 60 years.

The Agri Export Policy was announced last year with the objective of doubling the export and ensuring the doubling of farmers’ income. In order to achieve this objective, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been adopting a focused approach for ensuring greater involvement of the State governments for effective implementation of the Agri Export Policy (AEP).

PM Narendra Modi released the third instalment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 for the period December 2019 to March 2020.

To commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and to support the weaker section of the society in Agartala, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) organized a distribution of 1000 Bee Boxes, 100 Pottery Wheels and 100 Advanced Leather Tool kits to 100 Farmers, 100 Potters and 100 Leather Artisans recently in which Chief Minister of Tripura Shri Biplab Kumar Deb was Chief Guest, in presence of Chairman, KVIC VK Saxena.