View: India’s ‘no’ at WTO may just mean ‘not yet’From the outside, it’s easy to think of India as an undifferentiated mass of individuals with leaders who turn up in places such as Abu Dha...
26 Feb, 2024, 07.36 AM IST
Farmer injured at Khanauri border: Amarinder Singh condemns 'barbaric' act by Haryana PoliceAmarinder Singh condemns Haryana Police violence against farmer. Urges Khattar to take action. Farmers demand agriculture sector out of WTO...
25 Feb, 2024, 10.09 PM IST
Farmers to hold candle marches at Shambhu, Khanauri borders in memory of martyred farmers: Farmer leader PandherFarmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher announced that the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and SKM (non-political) will organize a candle march at both Sha...
24 Feb, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
India needs to usher in Green Revolution 2.0 to promote less water-intensive crops: GTRIIndia needs Green Revolution 2.0 to promote less water-intensive crops, introduce water pricing mechanisms, and address unsustainable pract...
22 Feb, 2024, 12.26 PM IST
Rejoin talks, vandalism no answer to demands: Union minister Anurag Thakur to farmersUnion Minister Anurag Thakur called on protesting farmers to resume talks with the government instead of resorting to violence and vandalis...
13 Feb, 2024, 10.48 PM IST
Explainer: Massive security arrangement in Delhi ahead of farmer protestET explains why the ‘Dilli Chalo’ call by farmer leaders on Tuesday has raised security concerns and put the central government in a fix a ...
12 Feb, 2024, 05.46 PM IST
Jantar Mantar protest: Farmers charm the lot with traditional attire, emotional connectAmong the hundreds of farmers who began their demonstration at the Jantar Mantar over a slew of issues, 64-year-old Sriaj Kodyuriv from Ker...
23 Aug, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Modi government faces many concerns over MSP guaranteeMSP for most crops is higher than the rate in the domestic and international markets, which is why it is not possible to force private trad...
29 Nov, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Repealing three farm laws shows Modi government's sensitivity: K'taka CM BommaiKarnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to repeal the three contentious farms laws showed hi...
19 Nov, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
India's MSP operations are WTO-compliant: Piyush GoyalUnder the global trade norms, a WTO member country's food subsidy bill should not breach the limit of 10 per cent of the value of productio...
09 Feb, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
Farmers' protest: A global public outreach by MEA to fend off criticismThe point which the Indian missions, especially in the West, are seeking to make is that the government is still negotiating with the prote...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Canada raised 65 questions against India’s farm policies in WTO in 3 years“In a worrying development, there has been a narrative-push by some members including Canada, the US and EU to pin the blame for the growth...
05 Dec, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
Civil society protest against inclusion of new agenda in WTOThey called for a binding LDC (least developed countries) package and that the WTO Ministerial Declaration affirms the development mandate.
17 Dec, 2015, 10.59 PM IST
- India & US protest farm subsidy breach
India, the US and some other countries have protested growing instances of countries doling out higher levels of farm subsidies than agreed...
29 Nov, 2010, 06.06 AM IST
- Farmers plan protest march against talks
Thousands of farmers, under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), are expected to take part in a protest march on Thursday against...
03 Sep, 2009, 01.59 AM IST
- Anand Sharma in hectic parleys before WTO meet
Trade officials from 35 countries met on Wednesday, setting the tone for Thursday's WTO informal ministerial meeting being hosted by India ...
03 Sep, 2009, 01.54 AM IST
- India takes exception to World Bank report
The World Bank has said that ongoing efforts to feed the world’s hungry could be undermined if the multilateral negotiations on liberalisin...
04 Nov, 2006, 01.16 AM IST