The Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) passed two controversial agricultural bills on Sunday amid uproar from opposition members. The bills have sparked protests from farmers in various places. The two bills, the Bill on Trade in Agricultural Products and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation), 2020, and the Agreement for the …
Read More »
File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament in New Delhi on Sept. 14, 2020 (Press Information Office via AP). The bills passed by Parliament will free farmers from the constraints of middlemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. News18.com New Delhi Last update: September 20, 2020 3:35 …
Read More »
Haryana farmers have launched their planned protest against the three land reform bills by mobilizing to block national and state roads on Sunday, even as Haryana Prime Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed calling on the farmers who do not block the roads and invited their leaders to a talk. to …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: The government introduced three new bills on Saturday to amend and consolidate labor laws with a view to expanding the social safety net to include migrant workers and the temporary work economy, while seeking to provide greater flexibility for companies to hire and fire employees. Amid political protests …
Read More »
Written by Santosh Singh | Patna | Updated: September 19, 2020 9:25:06 am Modi said that the passage of the bills has freed the farmers of “our annadatta” from the restrictions that bound them. (File / Photo PTI) Hailing the passage of two agrarian bills in Lok Sabha on Thursday …
Read More »
Data from the Ministry of Health showed that the country’s recovery rate is now 79.28 percent (Archive) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss the coronavirus situation with the top ministers of seven states, severely affected by the pandemic, on September 23 via videoconference. The meeting comes as most …
Read More »
Congress leader Sanjay Jha. (Credit: Twitter) On Friday, Jha had said that Congress and the BJP are ‘on the same page’ on the issue of the agricultural bills, as the Modi government was only doing what Congress had promised to do before the elections of 2019 Lok Sabha. News18.com Last …
Read More »
Written by Navjeevan Gopal | Chandigarh | Updated: September 19, 2020 7:37:12 am Harsimrat Kaur Badal (right) shares the stage with her husband, Sukhbir Singh Badal (center) and Narendra Modi at a joint election rally. (File photo) One day later resigns as Union Minister of Food Processing Industries In protest …
Read More »
In May of this year, the government announced major reforms in agricultural markets. These included the deregulation of agricultural foods from the Essential Products Act (ECA). Farmers were also allowed to sell their produce outside of markets regulated by the government or the Agricultural Products Market Committees (APMC). Another set …
Read More »
NEW DELHI: One day after BJP’s oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal withdrew from the Modi government to protest legislation aimed at restructuring agricultural trade, and amid continued opposition from Congress and some other parties, Prime Minister Narendra modi he went on the offensive on Friday, calling the bills a “historic” …
Read More »