Tag: Farmers
Cabinet Approves 50% Profit Over Input Cost For Farmers
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) for summer-sown crops for the year 2018-19, which will provide farmers a profit of 50 per cent or more over the cost of production.....
Hundreds Of Farmers Block Highways In Punjab, Haryana As They Wage Protests Against Three Agriculture-related Bills
Angry over three agriculture-related Bills, hundreds of farmers blocked major highways in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday to demand that the proposed laws should not be pursued in Parliament. ....
Anti-farmer BJP Acting Like Kauravas Against Farmers: Surjewala
The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying to the farmers of the country and said that the ruling party is behaving like the Kauravas of the Mahabharat and the grand old party is standing with the farmers who are fighting like Pandavas. ....
Navjot Singh Sidhu To Join Protests To Support Farmers' Cause
Going vocal against the BJP-led Central government and supporting farmers' agitation against agriculture Bills, former Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said he would join protests in his constituency Amritsar (East). ....
Rahul Gandhi Dubs Farm Bills 'big Blunders', Demands Withdrawal
Amid protests by farmers across the country over the three agriculture-related Bills passed by Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the proposed legislations as "big blunders" and demanded their immediate withdrawal. ....
Farm Bills: Punjab Youth Congress Workers Protest At India Gate, Set Tractor On Fire
A day after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Agriculture Bill's and made them laws, the Punjab Youth Congress workers on Monday set ablaze a tractor in the high security India Gate area to protest against the contentious legislation. ....
Prime Minister Is Doing Grave Injustice To Farmers: Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Prime Minister on new farm laws which have been enacted. In a video statement, she said the Prime Minister was doing grave injustice to farmers by implementing the black laws. ....
'Delhi Chalo' Movement Of Farmers In Punjab Gaining Ground
Sarabjit Singh started helping his father in farming since he was 12 years old. Over the decades, he not only diversified the farming activity, but also explored new markets to sell his produce. ....
Farmers' March: Security Beefed Up At Delhi Borders, Traffic Diverted
With protesting farmers from Punjab assembling at the Delhi-Haryana borders on Thursday morning, the police in the national capital stepped up security and put barricades at several places. The police said they have denied the requests from the farmers' groups to hold protests in Delhi. ....
DMRC Closes Six Stations On Green Line Due To Farmers' Protest
Taking preventive measures amid farmers' efforts to hold their planned protest in the national capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday shut six Metro stations on the Green Line. ....
