Last week, the President of India promoted the three agricultural bills, namely the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 (FPTC), the Assurance Agreement of Farmer Prices (Empowerment and Protection) Services Bill, 2020 (FAPAFS), and Essential Products Bill (Amendment), 2020. The opposition and farmer organizations continue to …
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Three weeks after Parliament passed three controversial land bills, protests against the laws continue to rage in Punjab and Haryana. When two of the pieces of legislation were presented during a chaotic session in Parliament on September 20, some opposition MPs claimed that they would prove to be the “death …
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Haryana police detained activist Yogendra Yadav and several farmers, who were protesting near the homes of Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala and Minister of Power and Prisons Ranjit Chautala in Sirsa on Wednesday, seeking the resignation of the government duo led by Manohar Lal. Khattar. The civil lines police detained the …
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Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wasting taxpayers ‘money while addressing a farmers’ rally in Sirsa, Haryana. The Wayanad MP, while addressing a rally during his ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra (Saving Agriculture)’ at Sirsa’s Dussehra field, said Prime Minister Modi bought Air India One because …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 4, 2020 8:00:45 pm Rahul Gandhi will hold mass public meetings and tractor rallies in Punjab and Haryana over three days. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) From the heart of the protests against the three controversial farm laws in Moga, …
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Protesting against the new farm laws, farmers sit at the train station in Jalandhar for an indefinite period as part of their agitation of the roko railway in Punjab on Thursday. (Express Photo by Gurmeet Singh) The main opposition party in Haryana leaves no stone unturned to turn the demonstration …
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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: September 29, 2020 7:05:02 pm A tractor was set on fire outside the India Gate in New Delhi on Monday. Attacking the opposition over protests against controversial farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that some people don’t want farmers …
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NEW DELHI: The Center said on Tuesday that 16,420 tonnes of rice were purchased with a value of Rs 31 million at the minimum support price (MSP) in the last 72 hours from farmers in Punjab and Haryana, while the acquisition has just started in other states. With the latest …
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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh organizes a protest sit-in in Khatkar Kalan on Monday. Singh claimed that the union minister, Narendra Tomar, was lying when he said his government was consulted on the bills and said the Center does not understand agriculture. News18.com Last update: September 28, 2020 2:18 PM IST …
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Acquisition of rabi crops begins on October 1 of each year. New Delhi: The acquisition of rice and winter rice will start two days in advance, the government said today in a signal to agitated farmers, who today held a nationwide protest against the new farm laws, backed by the …
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