Tag Archives: Delhi Farmers Protest

In the first signs towards a resolution to the concerns of protesting farmers, the Center and farmer representatives reached consensus Wednesday on two issues: increasing electricity rates and penalties for stubble burning. However, the meeting, which lasted more than five hours, did not manage to get out of the deadlock …

The Union government will hold the sixth round of talks with protesting farmers’ unions on Wednesday, a fresh attempt to resolve a politically defiant strike by farmers who have surrounded the capital and want three recent farm laws in favor of reform. Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal had sent a letter …

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 …

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 …

Farmers’ agitation on the outskirts of Delhi against the three controversial farm laws entered on the 34th on Tuesday, on a day when the sixth round of talks between the government and farm unions was expected to take place. However, on Monday, the government wrote to farmers inviting them to …

The protesting farmers’ unions agreed Monday on a government proposal to hold the next round of discussion on the new farm laws on December 30. However, they insisted that the meeting’s agenda should include the discussion of the modalities to repeal the three laws. Hours earlier, the Center had invited …

Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Paradesh continued to be closed at various points on Monday due to protests from farmers. The borders of the national capital with Uttar Pradesh in Chilla and Ghazipur remained closed on Monday for those coming from Noida and Ghaziabad. The traffic police advised travelers …

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue on December 30 to end the stalemate on the three new farm laws. The previous five rounds of talks between the government and farmers have failed to break the stalemate on contentious legislation, and the turmoil is now …

Meanwhile, when the government of the Center announced the release of 18 billion rupees as part of the latest installment of 2,000 rupees each into the farm household accounts of 9 million rupees under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, several farmers said That amount may be huge, but one …

The Delhi Traffic Police said on Saturday that two national highways, NH9 and NH24, were closed for the movement of traffic from Delhi to Ghaziabad, as farmers continue their protests against the central government agricultural reforms introduced in September. When updating travelers via Twitter, the police advised them to take …