LIVE updates from farmers’ protest: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah reiterated the government’s position against repealing new farm laws in a meeting with farmers on Tuesday, after which the sixth was canceled round of negotiations scheduled for today. Leaving the meeting, peasant leaders said that the government would instead submit …
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New DelhiIf the government’s Minimum Support Price Program (MSP) helped to properly create a minimum price, farmers in the top 11 agricultural states would have earned, on average, nearly Rs 1.9 billion more from selling their produce. According to The cables data analysis from Agmarknet, the government’s price information system, …
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Farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they have asked for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Wednesday. There are several similarities between the current agitation of farmers and the Shaheen Bagh protests that had taken place from December of last year to March against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In fact, several …
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Kamaljeet Gill, chairman of the Delhi Sarvodaya Drivers Association, which is mainly made up of drivers who work with cab aggregators, said he will also join the strike on Tuesday. However, Rajender Soni, general secretary of Delhi Auto Rickshaw Sangh, and the Delhi Pradesh taxi union, said that many “important” …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 8:22:12 pm Since farmers have been camping on the Delhi borders, vehicle traffic in and out of the capital has dropped by 30 to 40 percent, which could have an effect on Delhi’s trade, authorities say. . (Express …
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Farmers protesting 3 controversial laws have called for a nationwide bandh on December 8. New Delhi: Ahead of the third round of talks between the BJP-led central government and farmers’ representatives, former Congress Speaker Rahul Gandhi called on all Indians to support his demand for a complete rollback of three …
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After the eight-hour meeting, Tomar said the government will consider all issues on Friday, and so will union leaders, before returning to the table on Saturday. When asked if the government is ready to amend the three contentious laws, he said: “I am not a fortune teller. When we meet …
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Actress Kangana Ranaut has sparked controversy with her tweets about the farmers’ protest currently taking place in Delhi. He allegedly posted a photo of a 73-year-old woman named Mahinder Kaur and claimed that she was the same “daadi” who participated in the Shaheen Bagh protests and who had now joined …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 11:39:55 am Without some support from the state, the smallest of Indian peasants would be even more vulnerable. (Archive) The three controversial farm bills, which received approval from the president on September 27, essentially change the rules on the …
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A new deal to reshape the country’s antiquated agricultural sector has hit a dead end due to protests over three new laws that farmers say will affect their incomes. The reforms allow companies to freely trade agricultural products outside of the so-called government-controlled mandi system, allow private traders to store …
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