"Congress party doesn't believe in its own manifesto and there's no vision, weightage, and direction in it. Our manifesto is done with due diligence and is taken seriously by people," Nadda said while speaking to the media.

Calling the UCC a "necessity", Thakur reiterated the party's commitment to its implementation.

Hospet (Karnataka) [India], October 12 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday slammed Congress Party and called them a 'sinking ship'.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 2 (ANI): Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)- Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday released its first instalment of Rs 956.71 crore benefitting 47.86 lakh farmers in the state.

Bazpur (Uttarakhand) [India], February 12 (ANI): Ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that double engine government provided free ration, vaccines to people.

New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Expressing gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transferring Rs 20,000 crore in the accounts of over 10 crore farmer families across the country on the very first day of 2022, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that in the last seven years the country has seen how this government is farmer-friendly with its continuous efforts to make farmers self-reliant.

Agartala Nov 17 PTI Asserting that the Centre is working on reducing farming cost and increasing growers income Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said new Farmer Producer Organisations FPOs of marginalised cultivators will change the agriculture scenario in the country More than 11 crore farmers have so far received a total of Rs 160 lakh crore assistance under the Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme he said As a result of this programme over 10000 new FPOs of marginalised farmers have come up and they will change the scenario of agriculture in India the minister said after inaugurating a programme organised as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in College of Fisheries here Under the PM-Kisan scheme income support of Rs 6000 per year in three equal instalments is provided to all landholding farmer families The Centre has been emphasising on soil health management and micro irrigation and farmers are now being encouraged to go for multiple crop farming the union agriculture minister said In order to increase farmers income efforts have been taken by the present government to bring down the production cost Farmers can be encouraged to cultivate high-yield crops he said Tomar also said the Centre is working for holistic development of the northeastern states Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the highest priority to the development of the NE region he said The central ministers are also coming to the northeastern states so that they can interact with people and help them in their development and growth Tomar said Road connectivity railways and airways are developing in the region which symbolises the growth of the new North East he said He congratulated Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb for his efforts to undertake various development projects and welfare schemes The number of Self Help Groups has increased under the present government from 4000 to 26000 which is a very good sign he said Speaking at the programme Deb said the farming sector played an important role in the economic development of the state PTI JOY BDC BDC

Lucknow Oct 31 PTI Announcing its 22 resolves for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls Rashtriya Lok Dal RLD president Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday promised to provide jobs to one crore youth and also cancel the three farm laws if voted to power in the state Chaudhary launched the election campaign of his party with the release of a manifesto for the UP polls early next year on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Taking a swipe at the BJP government in the state he said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had promised to give 70 lakh jobs after taking oath in 2017 but now as the term is ending he is putting out hoardings that they have given four lakh jobs Our government will provide 1 crore jobs to prevent youth struggling to get employment he said Though there is no public announcement so far the RLD is said to be in talks with the Samajwadi Party for a pre-poll alliance for the 2022 polls Chaudhary is leading RLD after the death of his father and former union minister Ajit Singh Chaudhary whose party enjoys sizeable support in the farmers belt of western UP said his government would increase the purchasing price of potatoes by 15 times and also promised to pay 15 times of the input cost to sugarcane farmers within 14 days of coming to power He promised to double the Rs 6000 paid to farmers in three instalments every year under the Centres PM Kisan Samman scheme The RLD chief vowed to provide 50 per cent reservation to women in government jobs He also announced to do away with pending electricity dues and also halve the future power bills The RLD promised Rs 1 crore compensation to families of fallen soldiers and Rs 4 lakh for the kin of those who died to COVID-19 in UP PTI AR SNS HDA