NEW DELHI: The farmers unions on Saturday they said they want to hold talks with the government about the new farm laws, but they will not back down on their demand that they be withdrawn entirely. the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a body that groups together farmers’ unions, added that …
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New Delhi: The Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations are once again in the spotlight amid the agitation by farmers across the country against the three controversial farm laws passed by the Narendra Modi government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar recently claimed once again that the Congress-led …
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Prime Minister accuses opposition of using farmers; The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordinating Committee says the focus is still on MSP. Refuting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that farmers’ unions were moving the goal posts every day, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) said on Friday that the …
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NEW DELHI: On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi beaten opposition parties for its position in three agricultural laws, a large number of Union ministers approached farmers with Interior Minister Amit Shah, assuring that agricultural reforms will not end minimum support price (MSP). The ministers joined people from different …
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NEW DELHI: Government offer to speak, reiterated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, couldn’t cut ice with farmers unions opposing the new agricultural laws as they continued to press for their central demand of “repeal of three laws” and alleged that the Center aimed to frustrate farmers without offering anything concrete. …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday he renewed his attack on opposition parties for “diverting” those who agitated against new agricultural laws, single out Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for “denying” PM-Kisan profit to farmers of 70 lakh and accuse the Left Front of spreading discontent in Punjab without …
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NEW DELHI: On Thursday the government again invited protesting farmers’ unions to dialogue, but made it clear that it would not be “logical” to include any new related demands on the agenda minimum support price (MSP), which is out of reach of three new agricultural laws. In a three page …
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Farmers in Punjab’s regulated agricultural markets obtained 30% more price for their products than their counterparts in unregulated and partially regulated mandi in Bihar and Odisha in 2018-19, a new study found that rated the minimum support price ( MSP) as the only risk: Management instrument for growers. The study …
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If there is anyone who should not be surprised by the sustained and widespread opposition of farmers to the laws passed in September, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Because these “reforms” bear exactly the same stamp of arrogance, lack of consultation and foresight that has characterized all the important …
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CHANDIGARH: Farmers from Rajasthan and some other places gathered in large numbers on the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Rewari for their march to Delhi and sat in protest on the side of the Delhi-Jaipur national highway as the Haryana police erected barricades to stop their March. Rewari Police Superintendent Abhishek Jorwal …
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