New Delhi: US and Australia alleged India of giving subsidies to sugarcane farmers far exceeding limits set in global trade norms.The two countries told the WTO that they estimated that over the period 2018-19 to 2021-22, New Delhi provided sugarcane subsidy between 91-100%, which was “vastly in excess of the limits set out” at 10% … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 22 underlined his government’s commitment to fulfilling its pledge for the welfare of farmers, asserting that a “historic” hike in sugarcane’s price is part of such efforts. This will benefit crores of sugarcane farmers, he said in a series of posts … Read more
Claiming that his party’s government in Uttar Pradesh made record payment to sugarcane farmers, BJP national president J P Nadda attacked the Opposition, saying “Jinnah is theirs and ‘ganna’ is ours”. The BJP leader made this statement more than a month after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav courted a controversy when he mentioned Pakistan founder … Read more
Addressing his first farmers’ mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejrwal on Sunday said that UP CM Yogi Adityanath was “powerless” in front of the sugar mills that owed close to Rs 18,000 crore to sugarcane farmers, especially those belonging to west UP. Kejriwal also criticised the BJP-led … Read more