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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

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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

Override new farm laws, Sonia Gandhi tells states ruled by Congress

Party's MP from Kerala moves SC; Amarinder may follow suit

Centre starts kharif procurement in big way to douse fury over farm bills

Will also procure 1.4 million tonnes of pulses and oilseeds, and start lifting cotton on October 1

Delhi BJP reaches out to farmers to dispel 'misconceptions' over farm Bills

Delhi BJP on Monday launched a campaign to reach out to farmers in the national capital and dispel misconceptions about the farm reform laws, as protests erupted in neighbouring states against them.

Best of BS Opinion: RBI's GDP projection, progressive farm Bills, and more

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Modi govt finally delivering on reforms? Let's not jump to that conclusion

The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little. What matters is implementation on the ground

Statsguru: A look at the good and bad of APMCs as new farm laws kick in

The new central laws bypass the existing Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) or mandis regulated by state laws

Congress has betrayed trust of farmers, women, youth of MP: Scindia

Hitting out at Congress for calling him a "traitor", BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that the opposition party has betrayed the trust of farmers, women and youth of the state."Today, they (Congress) say that Jyotiraditya Scindia is a traitor. My question to them is that they had promised that within 10 days they will waive off the loans of the farmers but why did that not materialise?" Scindia said while addressing a public meeting here."It is the party that has betrayed the trust of farmers, they are not just unfaithful but they are traitors," he added.Praising the Madhya Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said the state government has been giving Rs 25,000 under Kanyadaan Yojana. "They (Congress) said that they will give Rs 51,000. Many marriages happened, a year went by but the money never reached. Those who betray the trust of mothers-daughters, they also are not just unfaithful but traitors," he said.The BJP leader cornered the ...

Fixing farm income is not so simple; govt must take the hard path

The debate must go beyond the binaries spun out by politicians who either condemn the new farm Bills or consider them the agricultural equivalent of the 1991 de-licensing of industry, writes T N Ninan

Punjab follows in Rajasthan's footsteps to blunt Centre's mandi Bills

While the move might lead to further confrontation, experts say states are well within their rights in notifying mandis

Decoded: Why farmers are up in arms against Modi govt's farm Bills

Why did the govt push these Ordinances and why is it facing opposition to them, both from within the government and outside it