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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut defended the head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, on Sunday for actively pressuring states to amend the APMC Act when he was the Union agriculture minister under the UPA rule. -2. Raut said Pawar’s intentions were aligned with the well-being of farmers …

By: Express News Service | Bangalore | Updated: December 13, 2020 7:22:14 am Kumaraswamy has avoided criticizing the BSY government. On December 8, shortly after the approval of the BJP government Karnataka Land Reform (Amendment) Bill, 2020 – to remove restrictions that allowed agricultural land to be bought only by …

The farmers’ protest began last month against three controversial laws. New Delhi: Thousands of farmers, protesting the government’s controversial farm laws, have planned a mass demonstration today to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway as they pledge to intensify their unrest, which began in late November. Today’s rally will be followed by …

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar says the government is committed to reforming agricultural markets and hopes that recalcitrant agricultural unions will eventually see the benefits of the three laws passed in September and join the dialogue with the Narendra administration. Modi. The protesting farmers rejected the government’s proposed amendments to …

New Delhi: Amid an ongoing protest against three agricultural laws, a delegation of 29 farmers from Haryana met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday to extend their support for the new legislation and threatened to organize a protest if repealed. The delegation, led by Guni Prakash, head of …

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that protesting farmers must distance themselves from those clinging to them for a “political resurgence.” In an interview for News18, Sitharaman lashed out at the opposition, saying that farmers are being used for political gain. “The opposition is playing politics on the …

The group sent a ‘letter of support’ to Narendra Singh Tomar and lobbied the government. to move on. Amid an ongoing protest against three farm laws, a delegation of 29 farmers from Haryana met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday to extend their support for the new laws …

Union leaders will meet on a hunger strike on December 14 and also vowed to keep protests against the new farm laws peaceful. Farmers union leaders will also participate in a hunger strike between 8 am and 5 pm on the Singhu border during the national protest on December 14 …

New Delhi: As farmers vowed to expand their protests over new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed on Saturday that his government was committed to the well-being of farmers and that the laws were aimed at giving them alternative markets to increase income. Without referring directly to the farmers’ …

With the protests entering their third week, AFP looks at the background to the new farm laws, why they are sparking such opposition, and Modi’s limited options. – What is the state of Indian agriculture? – India’s agricultural sector is vast and contentious. It provides a livelihood for nearly 70 …