Farm bills have potential to represent significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India:IMF
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: The IMF believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, but a social safety net is needed to protect those who might be adversely impacted during the transition to the new system, a spokesperson of the global […]
Manohar Lal Khattar meets Amit Shah, discusses farm bills among other issues
NEW DELHI :Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence here and discussed various matters, while also apprising him of feedback from the state’s farmers on the three recently-passed contentious farms bills that have received the President’s assent. In the meeting which lasted around […]
BJP ready to contest on all seats in Punjab: Former minister
NEW DELHI: Minutes after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) decided to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on differences over the three ‘controversial’ farm sector Bills passed by the Parliament, senior BJP leader Madan Mohan Mittal said the party is ready to contest all the 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls. He […]
BJP’s oldest ally SAD quits NDA over ‘black laws’
NEW DELHI: The highest decision making body of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) core committee at its emergency meeting held here on Saturday night unanimously decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance because of the Centre’s stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect the assured marketing of farmers’ crops at minimum […]
Rahul Gandhi asks Narendra Modi government to withdraw farm bills, guarantee MSP
NEW DELHI: Stepping up its attack on the Narendra Modi government (Centre) over the farm bills passed by Parliament, the Congress Saturday ran a social media campaign — Speak up for farmers — with Rahul Gandhi demanding the government withdraw the proposed legislations and give a guarantee on MSP. The three bills were passed by […]
BJP hails passage of farm bills in Parliament
NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda hailed Parliament’s nod to two farm sector reform bills on Sunday, saying they will give farmers freedom in selling their produce and rid them of middlemen. He also hit out at the opposition parties over the ruckus in the Rajya Sabha after the Chair proceeded to take up […]
Rahul Gandhi slams farm bills as ‘death warrants’
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said democracy has been shamed by the manner in which the government issued “death warrants” against farmers by passing two bills related to the agriculture sector. The Rajya Sabha passed ‘The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020′, and ‘the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) […]
Punjab withdraws cases against farmers protesting against farm Bills
NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday appealed to farmers not to stop traffic or violate Section 144 in the state over the agriculture bills, but made it clear that no cases would be registered against them as they were fighting for their lives. FIRs already registered against farmers protesting in violation of […]