Tag: law
'This Isn't A Movement By Farmers'
In the name of opposing the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020, the people who have come to Delhi are saying that 'Indira ko thok diya tha, Modi ko bhi thok denge.' The only objective of those who are involved or supporting the agitation in the garb of farmers movement is to oppose the central government, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra ....
Unnao Rape Victim's Lawyer Mahendra Singh Passes Away
Lawyer Mahendra Singh died in a district hospital Monday after a prolonged illness. ....
Stubble Now Keeping Protesting Farmers Warm
Stubble is now literally providing warmth without burning to thousands of protesting farmers of Punjab and Haryana, who have been spending chilly nights for the past six days after travelling hundreds of miles to mark their planned protest at the borders of the national capital against new farm laws. ....
Delhi Teachers Association Comes Out In Farmers' Support
The Delhi Teachers ' Association (DTA), an organisation of Delhi University academics, has come out in support of the farmers' movement. The teachers and professors involved of DTA have justified the demands of the agitating farmers. The DTA believes the central government should talk unconditionally to solve their problems and address their concerns. ....
Modi Govt Paid More Than Double Of UPA As MSP To Farmers
The Modi government paid more than double to farmers as minimum support price (MSP) for paddy and wheat as compared to the UPA government. ....
SSR's Brother-in-law: Agencies Are Doing Their Job
Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajputs brother-in-law Vishal Kirti feels we should not be impatient about why the investigating agencies have not yet reached a conclusion in the probe of his death. ....
Farmers' Protest May Impact Economic Recovery: CII
The disruptions in supply chains caused by the current agitation by farmers in many parts of India will have a bearing on the economy over the coming days and may impinge upon the ongoing recovery from the economic contraction due to COVID, industry body CII said on Monday.....
Keep Politics Away From Farm Laws: Anupam Kher
Stressing that it is important to ascertain that farmers' concerns are addressed, and that their true representatives constantly meet the government to break the deadlock, actor Anupam Kher believes that while the present government at the Centre would want to solve their problems, it was paramount that politics be kept away from the farm laws.....
Congress-BJP Lock Horns Over Union Farm Laws In MP
While the farmers are protesting against the three Union agricultural laws enacted by the Central government, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Congress have come face-to-face over these laws in Madhya Pradesh. On the one hand the BJP is saying these laws are in the interest of the farmers while the Congress has termed them 'anti-farmer'. ....
'New Farm Laws Catalysts For Doubling Farmers' Income'
Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, who comes from Himachal Pradesh, has an understanding of farm issues. In an exhaustive conversation with IANS, he provides the government's point of view on the contentious farm laws which have seen farmers laying siege to Delhi. ....
