At least 10 organizations representing farmers in various states met with Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday to support the three farm laws, on a day when 40 United Front farmer leaders of Farmers began their one-day hunger strike at various border points near Delhi against the legislation …
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Farmers unions, particularly in Punjab and Haryana, say the new laws will lead to the dismantling of the MSP system under which government agencies buy their crops at a guaranteed price. In its proposal to farmers on Wednesday, the Center had said it would give a written guarantee that the …
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The Union’s top ministers, including Interior Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and State Minister for Trade and Industry Som Parkash, grouped together on Sunday as farmers who had been camping on the Delhi borders to Demanding the repeal of three contentious laws aimed at opening up agricultural …
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Delhi Police have tightened security at various border points by deploying more personnel and putting up multi-layered barricades as farmers block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today. The protests against the new agricultural reforms of the central government entered on the 18th. The protesting farmers said that the main roads linking Delhi …
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Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar says the government is committed to reforming agricultural markets and hopes that recalcitrant agricultural unions will eventually see the benefits of the three laws passed in September and join the dialogue with the Narendra administration. Modi. The protesting farmers rejected the government’s proposed amendments to …
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New Delhi: Amid an ongoing protest against three agricultural laws, a delegation of 29 farmers from Haryana met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday to extend their support for the new legislation and threatened to organize a protest if repealed. The delegation, led by Guni Prakash, head of …
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Farmer leaders meet with Narendra Singh Tomar to give his letter of support for farm laws New Delhi: A group of 29 farmer leaders from Haryana met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar today to show their support for the new farm laws, amid growing protest from farmers who want …
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Reiterating this claim, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar thinks that instead of the farmers’ union, “the protest has now gone into the hands of organizations working to break up the nation.” “When we had talks with them, they said they wanted people like Sharjeel Imam released,” he said as …
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The head of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Balbir S Rajewal, said on Friday that farmers will protest in front of the houses of BJP leaders and block large corporations and national retailers, including the toll plazas of Reliance Industries and Adani Enterprises. Hours earlier, the Bharatiya Kisan Union had the …
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“The Center has admitted that laws have been made for traders. If agriculture is a state issue, the central government has no right to make laws about it,” said Balbir Singh Rajewal, another leader. Thousands of farmers have been protesting at various border points for almost two weeks seeking the …
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