Farm laws repeal Bill in LS today; Opposition seeks legal backing for MSPThe opposition demanded that the government bring bills on giving legal status to minimum support price and women's reservation, and discus...
28 Nov, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Farmers burn copies of farm laws in PunjabFarmers carrying black flags raised slogans against the BJP-led central government for not scrapping the legislations which, they said, wil...
05 Jun, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Budget session set to be stormyA total of 16 Opposition parties have announced a boycott of the President's address in solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm...
28 Jan, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Govt launches e-booklet highlighting success stories of farmers benefitting from new agri lawsIn the 100-page e-booklet 'Putting Farmers First', the government said it has made clear the "truth" about the the farm reforms and has men...
17 Dec, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
Farmers protest against farm bills in HaryanaThe farmers started to gather at various places in the state amid elaborate security arrangements which have been made to ensure that the e...
20 Sep, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
Harsimrat Kaur quits Modi Cabinet as SAD buckles under Punjab protest against farm billsFood processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal's sole representative in the Modi government, has resigned from the Unio...
18 Sep, 2020, 07.10 AM IST
Minimum support price mechanism for farmers will continue: Agriculture minister Narendra Singh TomarThe minister clarified that these bills would not have any impact on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism which will continue.
17 Sep, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Never backed Centre's farm-related ordinances: Punjab Chief MinisterThe Union minister had said a high-powered committee on agriculture had decided on the ordinances after due consideration by all member sta...
14 Sep, 2020, 10.07 PM IST
View: Modi government's ordinances on agriculture will do more harm than goodThe three Ordinances brought by GoI in the name of agrarian reform are being opposed all over the country. Farmers rightly feel that, in th...
13 Sep, 2020, 11.05 PM IST
Opposition trying to create doubt about farm ordinances: BJPState BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar sought to assure farmers that the ordinances will neither have any impact on the existing 'mandis' nor w...
13 Sep, 2020, 07.01 PM IST
Government's three farm ordinances 'death knell' for agriculture, alleges CongressThe party asserted that it will oppose the ordinances both inside and outside Parliament and reach out to like-minded parties to put up a j...
12 Sep, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
ITC sets sights on contract farmingITC’s business head for agriculture and information technology S Sivakumar said international buyers were diversifying their sources of sup...
22 Jun, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
President promulgates ‘Agri Ordinances’ aimed at boosting farmers incomeAgriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has asked all chief ministers of states to implement the provisions and create an ecosystem for f...
05 Jun, 2020, 10.19 PM IST
Cabinet nod to two ordinances on agri trade, modern techIt also cleared an amendment to the Essential Commodities Act, to remove commodities such as cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oil, onion a...
04 Jun, 2020, 07.03 AM IST
Cabinet nod for amendment to Essential Commodities Act, 2 ordinances to promote barrier-free tradeThe Cabinet also approved 'The Farming Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020' to ensure barrier free trad...
03 Jun, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
TMC, Left, Congress move motion against Land OrdinanceArch political rivals Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress today came together to move a motion in the West Bengal Assembly against ...
12 Jun, 2015, 09.05 PM IST
BJP's southern ally PMK hits out at NDA government over land billParty founder S Ramadoss said the all-round opposition to the BJP's controversial Land Bill was because "land owned by farmers could be acq...
31 May, 2015, 02.56 PM IST