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In Punjab, farmers' body to start 'rail roko' agitation from Sep 24

Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee has announced to hold "rail roko" agitation from September 24-26 to lodge their protest against the three agriculture ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet

BSP not in support of two bills related to farmers passed in Parl: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday said that her party is against the passing of two bills in the Lok Sabha related to "reforms" in agriculture marketing

Harsimrat Badal resigned under pressure of Punjab's local politics: BJP

BJP said that Harsimrat resigned under the pressure of Punjab's local politics. However, the party still hopes that the matter will be resolved after discussion with the Shiromani Akali Dal

Farmers' trust sacred to us, proud to stand with them: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Harsimrat Kaur Badal said her decision to resign from the Union Cabinet to protest three farm sector bills "symbolises my party's commitment to go to any extent to safeguard the interests of farmers"

Lok Sabha passes two agriculture bills; Narendra Tomar says MSP will stay

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged opposition parties not to politicise the two agriculture-related bills aimed at boosting the income of farmers and said MSP will stay

Agriculture-related bills will create problems for farmers: Farooq Abdullah

National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said that the bills related to agriculture marketing are problematic for farmers and should be reconsidered by the government

Telugu Desam Party leader demands debt waiver for farmers

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former MLA Tangirala Saumya has demanded debt waiver for farmers

SAD ready to sacrifice for farmers, will decide on NDA later: Sukhbir

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, told reporters, "I don''t want to be part of a government which brought farm sector bills without addressing apprehensions of farmers."

Minimum support price mechanism for farmers will continue, says Tomar

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Minimum Support Price mechanism for farmers will continue and that the mechanism will not be impacted by two proposed legislations

Walmart announces two new grants to help India's smallholder farmers

Walmart Foundation announced two new grants as part of a commitment made in September 2018 to invest 25 million dollars (about Rs 180 crore) over five years in improving farmer livelihoods in India

Farming-related bills 'anti-farmer', AAP will vote against them: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the Centre withdraw them, saying his party will vote against the bills in Parliament

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to pump Rs 39,300 cr to boost agri sector

BS Yediyurappa announced that the state government is planning to pump about Rs 39,300 crore in this fiscal year to propel the agriculture related activities

Marketing reforms

Govt must create awareness about agricultural reforms

Stir over farm bills: Will withdraw cases against farmers, says Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said cases lodged against farmers for protesting against the Centre's agriculture-related Bills will be withdrawn but urged them not to block roads anymore

Enactment of farm bills will lead to 'unrest' in Punjab: Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said the enactment of farm sector bills now before Parliament would lead to "resentment and unrest" in the border state

Wholesale-retail inflation gap the widest in vegetables and pulses

As a result, though consumers might have been paying more for these crops, farmers have gained little

Will challenge Essential Commodities Act in court: CM Aamrinder Singh

Terming the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020, a "direct and deliberate assault" by the Centre on the interests of the farmers, Punjab CM said his Congress will challenge it in court

Punjab CM urges PM Modi not to go ahead with 'anti-farmer legislation'

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to go ahead with the legislation of anti-farmer ordinances presented in parliament

Govt may launch mobile app to record off-mandi transactions under new Bill

Govt says no change in MSP; introduces three bills to replace farm ordinances

'Black' ordinances of govt fatal attack on farming community: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed the agriculture ordinances rolled out by the centre as "black" ordinances and said that these are a fatal attack on farming community."Farmers are the ones who buy and sell their produce in retail at wholesale prices. The three 'black' ordinances of the Modi government are a fatal attack on peasant-agricultural labourers, so that neither they get MSP nor rights and farmers are forced to sell their land to capitalists. This is another anti-farmer conspiracy of Modi ji," Gandhi said in a tweet.Farmers in Punjab, Haryana are protesting against the recent agriculture ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet.On June 5, President Ram Nath Kovind had promulgated three ordinances to usher in agricultural reforms for raising the income of the farmers and giving them more freedom to sell their produce.The President promulgated Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Ordinance 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) ...