NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two of the three agricultural-related bills that were passed by Lok Sabha on Friday amid uproar from opposition parties. The 2020 Farmers and Agricultural Products Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the 2020 Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and …
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File photo of the proceedings at the Rajya Sabha. (PTI) While the BJP succeeded in getting the two bills it had introduced in the upper house through voice vote, it has hardly come out stronger from the entire process. Three regional heavyweights, their oldest ally, Akali Dal of Punjab, and …
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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 …
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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 …
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NEW DELHI: Some opposition members led by the TMC took to the president’s podium, tore up official documents, and yelled at the Rajya Sabha president as they opposed the government’s push to pass two controversial farm laws on Sunday without considering his demand to send the proposal. legislations to a …
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The Rajya Sabha passed two controversial agricultural bills by voice vote on Sunday, as the House witnessed chaotic scenes after some opposition members shouting slogans led by the Trinamool Congress took the president’s podium demanding a discussion. The Upper Chamber approved the Draft Law on Trade in Agricultural Products and …
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The opposition led by Congress is pushing for a resolution to send the bills to a select committee. New Delhi: BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal has said that the three agricultural sector bills, which have sparked a storm of protests in several states, including Punjab and Haryana, will be sent …
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The Trinamool deputy then latched onto Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment on Friday. New Delhi: Amid a heated debate in Rajya Sabha against major farm bills, which were passed by parliament this afternoon, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien tried to break the rule book and snatch the microphone from Vice …
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut opposed the agricultural bills that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeks to pass in Rajya Sabha on Sunday, demanding that a special session be convened to discuss them. The Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020, the Farmers Agricultural Price and Services …
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The controversial agricultural bills that were passed in Lok Sabha on September 17 have been moved in Rajya Sabha by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar. Farmers and Agricultural Products Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill of 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price …
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