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A key leader of the ongoing protests against three new farm laws has expressed dissatisfaction with the upheaval, breaking ranks with his colleagues on the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a platform that is leading the protests. Sardar VM Singh, convener of the AIKSCC, told HT that the …

Delhi Police have tightened security at various border points by deploying more personnel and putting up multi-layered barricades as farmers block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today. The protests against the new agricultural reforms of the central government entered on the 18th. The protesting farmers said that the main roads linking Delhi …

By: FE online | Updated: December 11, 2020 5:56:07 pm Farmers Protest 2020, Indian Farmers Protest HIGHLIGHTS: The Center has asked farmers to reconsider their proposal and engage in dialogue. Thousands of farmers from Haryana and Punjab have camped on the borders of Delhi. (AP) HIGHLIGHTS of the 2020 Indian …

With farmers preparing to block the road and picket toll plazas on the border with Delhi on Saturday in response to a call from protesting farmers’ unions to intensify their agitation against the three agricultural sector laws, it has unfolded police personnel to protect toll booths. and ensure smooth traffic, …

Minister of food and consumption Piyush Goyal tells TOI that the government is open to addressing farmers’ concerns, but adds that the amendments are intended to benefit growers across the country. He also says that the movement appears to have been infiltrated by ultra-leftists. Excerpts from a conversation with Sidhartha, …

The head of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Pawar, said on Friday that the ongoing farmers’ protest is likely to be prolonged and intensified if the Center does not make a decision as soon as possible. He said the protest that is currently on the Delhi borders could spread …

A 20-page proposal offered by the Center was rejected by farmers’ unions on Wednesday as “vague.” The farmers, who are firm in their demand for the three farm laws to be repealed, said that any further discussion with the government would be based on the proposals they receive. In its …

Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 11, 2020 6:00:45 pm A child shouts slogans at the Singhu border during a farmers’ protest against the new agricultural laws in New Delhi on Thursday, December 10, 2020 (PTI Photo / Arun Sharma). ONE DAY after the farmers’ representatives …

Farmers ‘agitation against the central government’s agricultural reforms has entered the 16th. Farmers’ unions located on the borders of the national capital have threatened to block the railroad tracks across the country if the reforms are not removed. The unions also said they would occupy the toll plaza and block …

As the 1990s began, India found it difficult to repay the interest on the $ 90 billion in foreign loans that had underpinned a socialist system, causing a balance of payments emergency. Then the country resorted to a series of economic reforms to get out of the crisis. The 1991 …