Farm Ordinances

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to MSP, while a tractor march and dharnas were held in support of protesting farmers.

Rahul Gandhi, in a fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government over the month-long farmer protests, said today there was "no democracy" in India and those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists, "even if it were (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat". He also demanded the repeal of the farm laws, calling them a result of the ...

Famers in Punjab's Amritsar and Firozpur districts have started their three-day 'Rail Roko' protest today against the contentious three farm sector bills even. Farmers' unions in Punjab have called for a statewide "bandh" tomorrow and October 1.

On Sunday, amid scenes of chaos and uproar, the Rajya Sabha passed two of a set of three controversial bills related to India's agriculture sector. The bills, which replace ordinances issued in June, were passed amid fierce protests by farmers' groups - particularly in the grain bowl states of Haryana and Punjab. The Narendra Modi government has sa...

Farmers across Amritsar called the resignation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union Cabinet on Thursday as "very late" saying that the three farmers' ordinances passed by the Centre will "destroy Indian farming".

The resignation of Akali Dal's lone Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet over a set of farm bills has raised pressure on BJP's Haryana ally Dushyant Singh Chautala, whose Jannayak Janata Party is part of the state's coalition government.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday dared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to break its ties with the BJP if it is genuinely concerned about farmers' interests.

Facing heat from farmers in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal, an ally of the ruling BJP in the centre, said it was not was consulted party over farm-related ordinances which were cleared by the union cabinet recently and the corresponding bills wich were tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday.

The Congress on Monday hit out at the government over the introduction of three farmers-related bills, alleging that they will give "freedom" to corporates to "brutally exploit" the farmers and take away the protection that the minimum support price provides.

A day after the SAD's "climb-down" on the issue of farm ordinances, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday dared opposition party chief, Sukhbir Singh Badal, to quit the BJP-led Centre to prove his party's sincerity in the matter.

Hundreds of farmers protesting against three farm-related ordinances of the central government were lathicharged by the police in Haryana's Kurukshetra a day after they ignored the state and district administration's warnings and marched towards a rally ground. Farmers from across the state, who were headed to the Pipli protest ground in trucks, we...

Key issues in the BJP's poll manifesto, especially farm loan waiver, electricity in rural areas and an ordinance on slaughterhouses, are likely to be taken up during the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government's first cabinet meeting in capital city Lucknow tomorrow.

Under the new insurance reforms, foreign farms can increase their participation in insurance joint ventures from 26 per cent to 49 per cent, which, experts say, will provide the much-needed impetus to the insurance sector.

A day before the crucial meeting with Union ministers, farm leaders on Saturday asked the Centre to bring an ordinance on giving a legal guarantee to MSP, while a tractor march and dharnas were held in support of protesting farmers.

Rahul Gandhi, in a fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government over the month-long farmer protests, said today there was "no democracy" in India and those who stood up against the PM were labelled terrorists, "even if it were (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat". He also demanded the repeal of the farm laws, calling them a result of the ...

Famers in Punjab's Amritsar and Firozpur districts have started their three-day 'Rail Roko' protest today against the contentious three farm sector bills even. Farmers' unions in Punjab have called for a statewide "bandh" tomorrow and October 1.

On Sunday, amid scenes of chaos and uproar, the Rajya Sabha passed two of a set of three controversial bills related to India's agriculture sector. The bills, which replace ordinances issued in June, were passed amid fierce protests by farmers' groups - particularly in the grain bowl states of Haryana and Punjab. The Narendra Modi government has sa...

Farmers across Amritsar called the resignation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union Cabinet on Thursday as "very late" saying that the three farmers' ordinances passed by the Centre will "destroy Indian farming".

The resignation of Akali Dal's lone Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet over a set of farm bills has raised pressure on BJP's Haryana ally Dushyant Singh Chautala, whose Jannayak Janata Party is part of the state's coalition government.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Wednesday dared Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to break its ties with the BJP if it is genuinely concerned about farmers' interests.

Facing heat from farmers in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal, an ally of the ruling BJP in the centre, said it was not was consulted party over farm-related ordinances which were cleared by the union cabinet recently and the corresponding bills wich were tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday.

The Congress on Monday hit out at the government over the introduction of three farmers-related bills, alleging that they will give "freedom" to corporates to "brutally exploit" the farmers and take away the protection that the minimum support price provides.

A day after the SAD's "climb-down" on the issue of farm ordinances, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday dared opposition party chief, Sukhbir Singh Badal, to quit the BJP-led Centre to prove his party's sincerity in the matter.

Hundreds of farmers protesting against three farm-related ordinances of the central government were lathicharged by the police in Haryana's Kurukshetra a day after they ignored the state and district administration's warnings and marched towards a rally ground. Farmers from across the state, who were headed to the Pipli protest ground in trucks, we...

Key issues in the BJP's poll manifesto, especially farm loan waiver, electricity in rural areas and an ordinance on slaughterhouses, are likely to be taken up during the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government's first cabinet meeting in capital city Lucknow tomorrow.

Under the new insurance reforms, foreign farms can increase their participation in insurance joint ventures from 26 per cent to 49 per cent, which, experts say, will provide the much-needed impetus to the insurance sector.