âWe appeal to PM again… not a question of Punjab or Haryana aloneâ: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher Amid a third round of talks with the central government ending in a stalemate, the General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Friday urged an intervention on part of Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests A meeting of the farmer unions and the central government has been scheduled for today at 5 pm. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests pointing out the high-level security measures involving even para-military forces. âThere … Read more
Offering a legal guarantee for the procurement of all crops at minimum support prices would leave very little money in the government’s coffer for other development and social goals, unnamed government officials told the Times of India. They said it would be a fiscal disaster for the country. Farmers Protest: Check Live Updates The officials … Read more
Traffic slowed down to a crawl at several places in the national capital on Tuesday due to the restrictions imposed by the police in view of a ‘Delhi Chalo’ call issued by farmer associations from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. Movement of traffic was hit especially hard at the city’s borders with Uttar Pradesh and … Read more
File image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Six trains have been cancelled due to a ” rail roko” protest of farmers’ group Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) that entered its second day on April 3 at the Batala railway station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. The farmers launched their indefinite protest on … Read more
When Andhra Pradesh was divided into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2014, Hyderabad was made capital of the newly formed Telangana. The then Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu wanted to make Amaravati AP’s capital. His vision was to build a world-class capital city. But in December 2019, the current CM, Jagan Mohan Reddy proposed that Andhra … Read more
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said the decision of people is paramount as he hoped the new governments in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will work for farmers and labourers. The remark of the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) came late on Thursday after the BJP won majority seats in four … Read more
A five-member committee of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) is likely to meet Union ministers Amit Shah and Narendra Singh Tomar separately on Wednesday to discuss their pending farm related issues, a farmer leader said. The likely discussions with the two ministers will take place hours before the scheduled meeting at 2 pm of the … Read more
India’s repeal of agriculture laws aimed at deregulating produce markets will starve its vast farm sector of much-needed private investment and saddle the government with budget-sapping subsidies for years, economists said. Late last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government introduced three laws meant to open up agriculture markets to companies and attract private investment, triggering … Read more
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws, which triggered protests at Delhi borders by thousands of farmers, according to official sources. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s announcement to repeal the three central farm laws. The new bill will now … Read more