Page 3 - Agriculture Reform

Some movement, finally

Idea of a committee to address farmers' protests has merits

Farmers' protest: Govt likely to seek Cabinet nod for MSP assurance

Union leaders sit on Day-long fast; Kejriwal says laws will lead to inflation

Statsguru: Why Punjab farmers stand out among major agrarian states

On nine parameters, Punjab is a case of extremes: Excelling in some, while under severe stress in others

Break the deadlock

Farmer groups are taking too rigid a position

Centre-farmer talks fail to make headway for 5th time; next meet on Dec 9

Farmer unions to go ahead with their call for a Bharat Bandh on December 8

More reform needed

Solution to farmers' agitation is reform of livelihood support

Top headlines: Modi defends farm laws, S&P retains India GDP forecast

Bengaluru office market to see rent spike, Minister says Centre will vaccinate around 300 million people, and more top headlines of the day

Agri reforms will link farmers directly to market, send middlemen out: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the agriculture reforms introduced by the government will connect farmers directly to the market and "send middlemen out of the system"

All legal options open if state farm Bill refused assent: Manish Tewari

Punjab and few other Congress-ruled states have passed their own farm Bills to bypass the recent central farm law

Ad hoc steps must end

Interventions to contain onion prices would do more harm

Mohan Bhagwat welcomes Centre's new agri reforms, education policy

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat praised the Centre for the agriculture and labour reform bills recently passed in Parliament, and said new policies should aim to make farmers of the science

Best of BS Opinion: Ladakh standoff, overriding the Constitution, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Decoded: What Punjab Assembly intends by bringing its own farm Bills

Punjab's farm amendment Bills intend to ensure that farmers are not compelled to sell wheat and paddy below the minimum support price (MSP) in the state

Overriding the Constitution

Other states shouldn't follow Punjab's example on farm Bills

Will the Modi govt's 'second push' get it right on the economy?

From an economic standpoint, the success of the Modi govt's recent policy and legislative action would depend more on interlocking process changes than on one-time announcements, writes T N Ninan

BJP holds 'tractor rallies' in Haryana in support of new farm laws

BJP took out 'tractor rallies' in various parts of Haryana on Friday in support of the new farm laws

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says won't back down on farm laws issue

Give me free press and institutions which are free, this government will not last for long, Rahul Gandhi said

Cong leader Mallikarjuna Kharge slams PM Modi over passage of farm bills

Training his guns at Uttar Pradesh government, Kharge rued that Dalits in the country got their political freedom but they were still very far from gaining social freedom

Badly planned, poorly communicated: Agri, labour reforms were too rushed

Prime Minister Modi is unwisely ignoring the central difficulty of reform in India: While you can't wait for everyone to agree before you make changes, you can't impose them with zero agreement

Farmers decide to intensify 'rail roko' agitation over agri reform laws

Farmers agitating over the three agricultural laws enacted by Parliament recently continued their 'rail roko' stir on Tuesday for the sixth day and decided to extend it for an indefinite period. The farmers under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee have been squatting on rail tracks at various places in the state since September 24. They said they have decided to intensify their protest against the Centre and will continue to block rail tracks at Tanda, Mukerian, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ferozepur. The protestersare demanding the rollback of the three anti-farmer legislations. The train service, meanwhile, continued to remain suspended in Punjab amid the farmers' stir. Under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, the farmers on Tuesday also unanimously resolved to boycott some private companies, alleging that the Centre's farm bills were intended to benefit some private players. State general secretaryof the committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, dubbed the farm la