NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Agriculture Narendra Singh Drink On Wednesday he said the government has agreed to resolve concerns of protesting farmers on the increase in the electricity rate and penalties for burning stubble. However, the stagnation of the main contentious issues of the repeal of three agricultural laws …
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Three Union ministers who held their sixth round of talks with protesting farm leaders on Wednesday rejected the demand to repeal the three farm laws that farmers say will damage their livelihoods. The Center, however, proposed to establish a committee to examine the new agricultural laws. Union ministers Narendra Singh …
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Three union ministers joined farm leaders on Wednesday to share food at ‘langar’ organized by farmers protesting during their sixth round of talks to resolve the deadlock on new farm laws. Food from the ‘langar’ (community kitchen) arrived in a van at the meeting place, Vigyan Bhawan, after about two …
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Three Union ministers, Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash, and 40 agricultural leaders began the sixth round of talks on Wednesday afternoon on a series of demands by agricultural unions, including the repeal of three agricultural laws, in Vigyan Bhawan from Delhi. According to one official, Agriculture Minister …
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Referring to farmers as the backbone of the nation’s economy, Union Minister Rajnath Singh said he is hurt by farmers holding demonstrations and the government is striving to increase farmers’ income. Speaking on a variety of issues, including the confrontation between India and China and religious conversion, Rajnath Singh, during …
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The government and farmers ‘unions will meet at 2 pm Thursday, when protests against the three farm laws enter the 35th. On Monday, the government had proposed holding the sixth round of talks on Wednesday, and farmers’ unions they accepted the proposal the day after. Initially, responding to the Center’s …
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The government has maintained that multiple consultations were held with farmers before approving the bills New Delhi: Despite the center repeatedly claiming that it conducted multiple ‘stakeholder’ consultations before passing the three controversial farm laws, a response to an RTI query submitted by NDTV says the government “has no record …
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Police used a light lathicharge charge and fired water cannons at farmers who had gathered in the state capital for their march to Raj Bhawan on Tuesday. The agitated farmers, who broke the lock on gate number 6 of the historic Gandhi Maidan and began their march towards Raj Bhawan …
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The head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, criticized the Center on Tuesday for excluding state governments and not consulting them on the three contentious new farm laws, prompting protests from farmers since last month. The passage of the laws has led thousands of farmers to camp on …
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The traffic situation on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border and on the Delhi-Noida border remained the same on Tuesday, with normal vehicular movement for motorists leaving Delhi, but blocked for those heading towards the capital. The Singhu and Tikri borders, however, remain completely blocked due to ongoing farmer agitation. Deputy Police Commissioner …
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