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| Govt may rework pricing Ordinance for sugarcane | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The Manmohan Singh government is trying to find a middle path in the impasse over the recent sugarcane pricing Ordinance that created an uproar inside and outside Parliament today. According to top sources in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the government may rework the Sugarcane (Control) Order to relieve the states' burden and appease a united Opposition that claims to have the power to defeat the Bill in the Upper House. |
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| Farmers upset with cane control order | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The recent omission of Section 5A from the Sugarcane (Control) Order has come under severe criticism from the sugarcane growers in the country. The farmers feel their rights have been curtailed by the amendment. |
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| UP blames FRP for farmers' agitation | 14-NOV-09 |
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| The Uttar Pradesh government has blamed the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane announced by the Centre for the ongoing agitation by cane farmers in western parts of the state. |
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| Pranab Mukherjee calls for strengthening PDS | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the state governments to strengthen public distribution system in view of sustained price rise of essential commodities. |
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| Pawar may resolve UP cane price rift today | 10-NOV-09 |
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| The rift between sugar mills and farmers in Uttar Pradesh (UP) over cane prices is likely to be resolved on Tuesday with the intervention of the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. |
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| Govt targets additional grain output in rabi season | 05-NOV-09 |
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| In an attempt to partly offset the 18 per cent decline in kharif grain output, the government is working to increase rabi grain output by over 7 per cent, or 8.5 million tonnes, through an expansion in acreage. Rabi output stood at 116.18 million tonnes last year. |
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| Mills should pay more than fair price: Pawar | 05-NOV-09 |
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| Having introduced a new uniform sugarcane price for the country, which relieves the sugar industry of paying any additional price to farmers, the government now expects the Uttar Pradesh (UP) millers to pay more than the new fair and remunerative price (FRP) since sugar realisation is high. |
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| NCP, Cong meet to resolve portfolio sharing | 04-NOV-09 |
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| A day after the term of the outgoing Assembly in Maharashtra expired, Congress and NCP today held fresh discussions to sort out the vexed issue of portfolio sharing and break the deadlock over government formation. |
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| Maharashtra set to get new govt tomorrow | 02-NOV-09 |
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| Maharashtra is set to get a new government tomorrow as Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and his Deputy Chhagan Bhujbal are expected to take oath of office. |
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| Congress, NCP yet to find way to home in Maharashtra | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Even after several rounds of discussions between the Congress and its alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), tussle over the crucial home ministry portfolio in Maharashtra continues to remain the stumbling block in forming their third coalition government in the state. |
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