Haryana allocates 140 MT of oxygen produced in Panipat to Delhi aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ISSUE DATE: April 26, 2021
UPDATED: April 17, 2021 14:27 IST
Procurement time, Wheat being loaded onto a truck at a mandi
in Amritsar during the Covid lockdown, May 2020
Faced with pressure from the Centre, Punjab is moving towards direct benefit transfer (DBT) to farmers for grain procured for the national granary this season. Fifteen other states that procure grain and other agricultural produce for central agencies, too, have started paying farmers directly or have agreed in principle to do so. This replaces the age-old system of paying farmers through ‘arthiyas’ or procurement agents.
Arthiyas facilitate trade in APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee) mandis for a fee. In Punjab, the total market charges for trade in agricultural produce is about 9.5 per cent of the crop value, including the 2.5 per cent commission paid to arthiyas. The state’s farmer unions, which are agitating against the new central farm laws, want the arthiya system to continue.
Dr. B R Ambedkar s statue unveiled in Haryana Assembly ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 15:45 IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 5 (ANI): Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar unveiled a statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, in the Haryana Legislative Assembly premises on Friday. The statue of the creator of our Constitution, Dr. B R Ambedkar has been unveiled today. He will always be remembered for the constitution, it is the job of the Legislative Assembly that rules should be made in the state according to the constitution, said Khattar. It is a matter of pleasure that MLAs of opposition were also present in the ceremony. I urge everyone to proceed on the path shown by Babasaheb Ambedkar, he added.
Haryana Chief Minister Khattar pledges to uplift state s poor ANI | Updated: Mar 01, 2021 17:24 IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 1 (ANI): Chief Minister of HaryanaManohar Lal Khattar on Monday pledged to uplift the economic status of poor families residing in the state and for this, the state government has resolved to increase the family income of around one lakh families having the lowest income to at least Rs one lakh annually.
Khattar said that the identification of the poor families will be done through a family identity card survey, the Directorate of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department of (DPR), Haryana informed.
Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU), Gurgaon which is India s first government skill university will create a course for those standing on the lowest rungs and self-help groups will also be included in the scheme.
BSP demands action against Haryana minister over remark on farmers death ANI | Updated: Feb 14, 2021 11:37 IST
By Amit Kumar
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has demanded that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar take action against state Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal after the latter said that 200 farmers died during the ongoing protests would have died anywhere. BSP believes in the Constitution and does not support violence anywhere. There is no place for violence during any kind of protest. The Constitution and democracy allow peaceful protests. But Chief Minister of HaryanaManohar Lal Khattar should also speak about his minister who is abusing the death of farmers during agitation. The Chief Minister should also tell the whole country and should take action against his minister, BSP national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria told ANI.