Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping on the Delhi border for several weeks, demanding the repeal of laws that they claim will lead to the weakening of the minimum support price (MSP) system. . The three contentious laws are the Trade in …
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Farmers sit in the back of their tractor wagon as they continue to block a road on the Delhi-Haryana border on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup) Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Representatives of farmers protesting at the Delhi borders arrived at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi on …
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Farmers unions protesting at various points along the Delhi border said on Friday that they will hold a tractor march on January 6 if the repeal of the three farm laws is not decided in the next round of meetings on January 4. “It seems the government is taking the …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: The Center and the agricultural unions that opposed the new agricultural laws narrowed their differences, as the former agreed to decriminalize stubble burning and shelve the electricity amendment bill even though the issues “Centrals”: repeal of laws and legal guarantee for a higher MSP – raised …
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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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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:26:30 pm A farmer holds a sign on the Singhu border during the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march against the Center’s new agricultural laws, in New Delhi on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 (PTI Photo / Manvender Vashist). Ahead of …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 10:11:37 pm Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar during a meeting with leaders of various farmers’ organizations on the new agricultural laws, in New Delhi. (PTI photo) A marathon meeting between the Center and farmers’ unions remained unfinished …
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