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The net loser is the farmer

Biased, unfounded propaganda by the denigrators of the GM technology is prevailing over the sane, evidence-based opinion of the scientific community resulting in loss for farmers, writes Surinder Sud

Passage of farm bills 'historic' moment for farmers: NITI Aayog VC

Terming Parliament clearing two key farm bills as a "historicand landmark moment" for Indian farmers, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Sunday said there is no risk of farmers being exploited by big corporates. The Upper House passedthe Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. "A historic and landmark moment for Indian farmers with the Parliament passing the two bills liberating the farmers from traders cartels. The government will guarantee procurement of farmers' output at MSPs announced." Kumar said in a tweet. He also noted that there is no risk of farmers being exploited by big corporates and that the "central government is committed to ensure that". Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant saidthese reforms open doors for new jobs and a new consumption boom in rural areas of India. "These long-due structural reforms will lead to income & wealth

Farm bills will limit the bargaining power of farmers: LJD leader

Opposing two farm bills passed in Rajya Sabha on Sunday, LJD leader and Rajya Sabha member M V Shreyams Kumar said enactment of these legislations will limit the bargaining power of farmers.

Madhya Pradesh CM bats for Centre's farm Bills, hits out at opponents

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said those opposing the Centre's farm bills were creating confusion by provoking farmers. In a series of tweets, the MP CM said the bills aimed to make farmers in the country "atmanirbhar" (self-reliant) and those opposing them are just trying to show themselves as "farmer friendly" while seeing various sections of society as "votebanks". "They have no connection with public interest. The upliftment of farmers is not their priority," Chouhan, adding that the legislation would give farmers the freedom to fix prices of their produce, and break boundaries of states under the "one nation, one market" concept. The bills are "revolutionary" and give protection to farmer mandis as well as the minimum support price mechanism, Chouhan said. In another tweet, Chouhan said farmers of the country want to be free from controls as they want to be self-reliant and have understood the "lie of farm debt waiver". He clai

Amarinder lashes out at Akalis for 'misleading' people on agri bills

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday asked Akalis to stop "lying and misleading" the people of the state by "picking selective portions" of the Congress manifestos

Chidambaram seeks opposition unity to beat two farm bills in Upper house

Calls the bills anti-farmer, says they don't enforce private purchasers to pay at least MSP to the cultivator

DMK convenes allies' meet on Sept 21 to strategise against farm bills

The DMK announced a meeting of its allies here on September 21 to deliberate on the next course of action over farm bills that were adopted by the Lok Sabha

Refrain from protests amid coronavirus: Punjab govt over farm Bill row

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered an inquiry into a letter issued by a BDPO regarding the protests by farmers allegedly organised by the state government

Opposition can't mislead farmers: Haryana Minister on new reform bills

Haryana Agriculture Minister said that opposition parties can no longer mislead farmers as Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Khattar have pledged to make farmers economically affluent

Saddened my voice in support of farmers was not heard: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

A day after resigning from Union Cabinet in protest against farm bills, senior SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said she feels "saddened" that her voice in support of farmers was not heard

Twice in 24 hours, PM Narendra Modi assures farmers MSP will be protected

This, even as states rushed to guard their turf and nullify the impact of the Bills

Maharashtra govt body sets up e-business platform for women farmers

Maharashtra's Mahila Aarthik Vikas Mahamandal has started an e-business platform to help women farmers and members of self-help groups get good prices for their agricultural produce

Congress seeks special session of Haryana Assembly to discuss farm Bills

The opposition Congress on Friday sought a special session of the Haryana Assembly to discuss the impact and ramifications of three farm-related Bills passed by the Lok Sabha

Mayawati opposes farm bills, asks govt to pay heed to wishes of farmers

BSP president Mayawati on Friday opposed the passage of two farmer-related bills in Parliament and asked the central government to pay heed to the wishes of agriculturalists

Landmark agri reform bills to free farmers from clutches of middlemen: Shah

Amit Shah expressed gratitude to Modi for the passage of two crucial bills on agricultural reforms in the Lok Sabha and said the proposed legislations will free farmers from the clutches of middlemen

Retail inflation for farm workers, rural labourers eases marginally in Aug

Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers cooled down to 6.32% and 6.28%, respectively, in August compared to the year ago period mainly due to the softening of prices of some food items

Cong MP urges govt to lift onion export ban, calls it 'anti-farmer' move

Congress MP Rajeev Satav urged the government to withdraw its decision to ban the export of onions, saying it is an anti-farmer move and would affect them adversely, especially in Maharashtra

BJP govt's exploitative Bills will turn farmers into labourers: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that the BJP government has brought exploitative Bills related to agriculture which will turn farmers into labourers on their own land

Kejriwal appeals to all non-BJP parties to unite in RS to oppose farm bills

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appealed to all non-BJP parties on Friday to unite in the Rajya Sabha and oppose three bills that he claimed would leave farmers in the hands of big companies for exploitation

People who ruled country for decades lying to farmers about Bills: PM Modi

Farmers given new independence in agriculture, says Prime Minister as political controversy grows