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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The eighth round of negotiations between the protesting the farmers’ unions and the Center about him recently enacted farm laws ended on an unfinished note on Friday, with farmers sticking to their key demand for repeal of the agrarian laws and the Center insisting on limiting the conversations to contentious …
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Thousands of farmers protesting near Delhi against the Center’s three farm laws have decided to postpone their tractor march for one day as sporadic rain hampered their plans to organize a protest. The tractor march, scheduled for January 7, is a glimpse of how farmers plan to intensify their protest …
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In their seventh attempt to end the jam on the three agricultural laws, ministers representing the central government and 40 agricultural union leaders are set for talks in Delhi on Monday. Two key demands from farmers are expected to be on the table for the government to consider. Samyukt Kisan …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Earlier in the day, Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the withdrawal of recently enacted farm laws. Gandhi told the president that the laws were “anti-farmers” and would cause farmers to suffer great losses. In other news, …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 23, 2020 7:01:15 pm Farmers block a road on the Ghazipur border during their ongoing turmoil in New Delhi. While the Center remains closed in a showdown with farmers, whose protest against the new farm laws is now in its …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 22, 2020 10:42:51 pm Arhtiyas in Punjab began their four-day strike against the income tax raids, which they allege were carried out to intimidate them for supporting farmers’ agitation against the Center’s farm laws. Even when the protests against the …
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