Protests by thousands of farmers against a set of land reform laws that they say will harm their interests have been simmering for the seventh day in a row, with talks stalled. While farmers want all three laws repealed and a new law passed that guarantees state-set minimum prices for …
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The Maharashtra government Vikas Aghadi, led by Shiv Sena, on Wednesday struck down a notice issued in August for the implementation of contentious agricultural ordinances, which were replaced by three laws passed in Parliament this month. The move came after the coalition’s key ally, Congress, threatened to boycott a state …
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew its August order to implement the new farm laws after Congress threatened to boycott the cabinet meeting. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government was already in a dilemma over the implementation of the farm reform laws, which were recently passed by Parliament, after Congress and the …
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