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Devendra Fadnavis meets Anna Hazare in Maharashtra's Ralegan Siddhi, supports social activist's demand to set up Lokpal, Lokayuktas
•Hazare claimed that senior BJP leaders who once vehemently backed his Lokpal demand had turned 'allergic' to it after coming to power.
Cabinet may announce relief package for farmers before interim budget; plan includes waiving premium for crop insurance
•Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh had recently indicated that the government would announce an agriculture package before the 2019-20 budget. The NDA government will present an interim budget on 1 February.
Assistance before sowing season, compensating low crop prices, loan waivers amid Modi govt's plan to help farmers ahead of 2019 polls
•Modi is desperate to claw back support among India’s 263 million farmers and their many millions of dependents after his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost power earlier this month to the opposition Congress in three big heartland states.
Centre approves relief fund of over Rs 3,700 crore for disaster-hit states of Kerala, Nagaland, and Andhra Pradesh
•The High Level Committee approved the additional assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
Milk output up 28% in last 4 years; farmers earning Rs 7 per litre more: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
•Addressing a National Milk Day event, Singh said there is a need to boost milk demand and stressed on raising milk processing level to 30 per cent, from the current 20 percent.
Govt working continuously to achieve zero hunger by 2030: Agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh
•The government is working continuously in a phased manner to achieve the goal of 'zero hunger' by 2030, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said.
Centre approves additional aid to Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra over crop loss due to drought, cyclone in 2017
Ians •The decision came at a high-level committee (HLC) meeting, chaired by Union minister Rajnath Singh, to consider the additional central assistance to Uttar Pradesh (affected by Rabi crop drought during 2017-18) and Maharashtra (affected by pest attack and cyclone during 2017).
Union Cabinet approves PM-AASHA scheme for farmers to procure crops at remunerative prices
Ians •The new scheme, "Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan" (PM-AASHA), was approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Over 1 crore farmers across the country have registered on e-NAM, a portal to sell produce online: Union minister Radha Mohan Singh
•Singh said in the Lok Sabha that farmers wishing to join e-NAM platform need to register themselves on e-NAM portal and can sell their produce on e-NAM platform in any e-NAM mandi of their choice.
NDA leaders bond over feast in Bihar to mark 4 years of Narendra Modi govt; Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan attend
•Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and BJP's national general secretary in-charge of Bihar Bhupendra Yadav were prominent among those who attended the get-together.