Page 14 - Farmer Protests

As deadlock over farm laws continues, farmers move SC for resolution

Protests set to be intensified; govt launches nationwide outreach campaign

Farmers' protest: Modi govt under pressure as agitation finds wider support

Farmer leaders have said the government has so far ruled out any rollback of the legislation

Adani Group: We only manage grain silos for FCI and do not buy harvest

Farmer groups in their protests alleged that the agro reforms were brought to 'favour Ambani and Adani'

Bharat Bandh in pics: Mixed response in Delhi, normal life hit in Punjab

Farmers blocked national highways and other key roads at many places in Punjab and Haryana today

Farmer protests: Bank unions not to participate in Bharat Bandh on Tuesday

Bank unions said they will not participate in the 'Bharat Bandh' on Tuesday, even as they expressed solidarity with farmers protesting against the new farm laws.

For the Union govt the best farm policy would be to let states deal with it

If states insist on costly policies, let them pay for their follies

Farmers' agitation: Perils of a non-consultative government

If the Modi government, made arrogant by its huge legislative majority, does not rethink its peremptory way of functioning, it will face more headwinds

Cong backs farmers' 'Bharat Bandh' call, will hold demonstrations on Dec 8

Former party chief Rahul Gandhi, through tractor rallies, signature campaigns and Kisaan rallies, has been raising the party''s voice in support of the farmers

Bank unions lend support to farmers' agitation against new farm laws

The All India Bank Employees'' Association (AIBEA) in a statement said the government should come forward and resolve their demands in the interest of the nation and farmers

Group of 36 UK MPs seek ministerial intervention in India's farmer protests

India has called the remarks by foreign leaders and politicians on protests by farmers as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.

'Ready to die': Angry farmers camp outside Delhi in showdown with Modi govt

Farmers want govt to repeal three laws passed in September that allow them to sell crops directly to private firms instead of licensed middlemen at state-controlled markets

Weakening mandis to rising inequality: Here's why new laws worry farmers

The ongoing agitation in Delhi by farmers and farmers' unions from across India, especially from Punjab and Haryana, seeks to pressure the Centre to withdraw the laws

BS READS: Farmers' protest -- Anti-corporate agitation takes anti-Modi turn

When the protests started, the anger was directed at large corporates with some hope of redress by the Centre. Now that hope seems to have dissipated

RSS affiliate backs protesting farmers, says new acts only favour companies

While Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has pointed to lacunae in the farm laws, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch voices opposition as well

'Fear of price fluctuation, distrust behind protests against farm laws'

Sukhpal Singh is professor and former chairperson, Centre for Management in Agriculture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedaba

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Truckers hit bylanes to maintain supplies; onion, potato prices stable

During this time of the year, potatoes and vegetables come from Punjab and Haryana

Govt asks farmer unions to submit specific issues in farm laws by Wednesday

The government has asked farmers' bodies to identify specific issues related to the three new farm laws and submit those by Wednesday for consideration and discussion in the next round of talks

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Wake up, shed arrogance and give justice to farmers: Rahul Gandhi to govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to wake up and shed "arrogance" to provide protesting farmers their rights. Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding protests at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the Centre's new agri-marketing laws. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi said everyone was indebted to the farmers for their hard work and this debt would be repaid only by giving them justice. "The food grower is sitting in protest on the roads and fields and speeches are being given on TV.We all are indebted to the hard work of farmers. This debt will be over only by giving them justice and their rights, and not by mistreating them or by beating them with batons or using tear gas against them," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "Wake up and come down from the chair of arrogance and think of giving the farmers their rights," he also said. The Centre has invited agitating farmer unions for talks on Tuesday. The stir by farmer