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India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policyGlobal events like the West Asia conflict and El Nino threaten governments. Rising fertilizer prices create a fiscal and political crisis f...
Protesting farmers call off agitationThe SKM and government had reached an agreement on Wednesday and the official letter from the government followed the SKM's insistence. The...
Govt to form committee to make MSP system effective, promote natural farming: PM Narendra ModiThe committee will have representatives of the central government, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists, and agricultural ec...
The way out of farm protests: How to make it a win-win for both farmers and Modi govtIf instead of tinkering with farm laws in a heavy-handed manner, GoI laid out a more comprehensive strategy to usher in a second Green Revo...
Keep extra vigil on seven metro stations: Delhi Police to DMRCIn its letter to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the Delhi Police has said the protesters may use metro to reach the New Delhi area since...
Take up farmers' demands in Parliament before any other business: Samyukt Kisan Morcha"Farmers and leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and even from distant states like West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Karnata...
Agri financing picks up pace in fourth quarter as procurement beginsWhile the farmer protest had impacted agri-financing in the November-December period, it has now returned to normalcy, leading agri-financi...
Farmers to hold 'Sadbhavna Diwas' on January 30, observe day-long fastAddressing a press conference at Delhi's Singhu border, the farmer leaders said the fast will be held from 9 AM to 5 PM and appealed to the...
Public law and order should not be violated, says CII President on tractor parade violenceThe tractor parade on Tuesday that was to highlight the demands of the farmer unions to repeal three new agri laws dissolved into anarchy o...
Farmers' protest: Several roads remain closed in DelhiFarmers from different states have been camping at various border points of Delhi for 40 days now to demand the repeal of the three farm la...
Impasse over agri laws inflicting heavy blow to economies of Punjab, Haryana, and othersImpasse over agri laws inflicting heavy blow to economies of Punjab, Haryana, and others
Union ministers meet farmer groups to break deadlock over agri lawsUnion Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som P...
I appeal with folded hands to Centre to repeal farm laws: Delhi CM KejriwalKejriwal, who had first visited Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border on December 7, was accompanied by his deputy Manish Sisodia.
Farmer unions ask govt to come to table with 'open mind'; Oppn, BJP attack each other on 'Kisan Diwas'Addressing a press conference, a farmer leader said they were ready for talks, but the government should send a concrete proposal for that ...
Farmers to observe day-long relay hunger strike on Monday: Yogendra Yadav"Farmers will begin a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest against the new agri laws. It will be started by a tea...
Can Kejriwal, Rahul differentiate between food crops? Gujarat BJP president PaatilPaatil dismissed Kejriwal as a "paper tiger" and accused the Congress of "misguiding" farmers and doing politics over their ongoing protest...
Centre's agri laws aimed at benefiting the rich: Digvijaya Singh"After introducing demonetisation and GST, the Modi government, in order to benefit big persons, has brought these black laws in the agricu...
Accepting anything less than complete repeal of new farm laws would be betrayal with India: Rahul GandhiAs part of their 'Delhi Chalo' march, farmers have been staging protests at four busy border points of the national capital - Singhu, Noida...
Over 50 pc farmers oppose farm laws, but one-third of them have no info: SurveyThe survey, "The Indian Farmer's Perception of the New Agri Laws", found that out of the 52 per cent who opposed them 36 per cent did not k...
Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala terms new farms laws "progressive"Chautala, however, lashed out at the SAD and Congress for misleading the farmers. “It (withdrawing support) is their party’s political agen...