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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

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

MSP procurement of kharif paddy begins immediately in Punjab, Haryana: Govt

According to the ministry, state procuring agencies including Food Corporation of India (FCI) are in a state of readiness for smoothly undertaking procurement operations

Andhra farmers demand free power scheme, not direct benefit transfers

The farmers said that majority of the agricultural practices are done by the tenant farmers and the DBT for free power scheme will affect them adversely

Farmers outfits in Karnataka stage demonstrations against farm bills

The agitators blocked highways and staged road rokos in many places affecting the traffic flow

'Disgusting conspiracy' against farmers: Randeep Surjewala on farm bills

"The Modi government through three black laws has launched a brutal attack on farmers, farm labourers and their livelihoods," Surjewala said on Friday

Farm Bills: Bharatiya Kisan Union members protest in Noida, block roads

Additional police forces were deployed in the area to control the situation

Farm bills 2020: Protests by farmers disrupts life in Punjab, Haryana

Rail traffic across Punjab was badly hit as farmers, farm labourers, commission agents and activists of political parties squatted on railway lines

PM says farm bills to benefit small, marginal farmers most; attacks oppn

All that farmers and labourers got was a jumbled web of promises and laws, he said

Farm Bills: 'Rail roko' protest starts in Punjab, train services suspended

Twenty trains have been partially cancelled and five short terminated till September 26 as protesters blocked rail tracks at various places, including Amritsar, Ferozepur, Sangrur, Barnala, Mansa

After farmers, govt now targeting workers: Rahul Gandhi on labour bills

"After farmers, workers have been targeted, Exploitation of the poor, nurturing of ''friends'', This is Modi ji's rule," Rahul Gandhi said in a three-line verse in Hindi

Farm Bills offer revolutionary changes for farmers, says agriculture expert

This price discovery by the farmers will certainly benefit them and get them larger portion of the market margins, which was hitherto enjoyed by the traders, according to the expert

BJP-Congress must discuss farm bills for people's interest: Deve Gowda

"Having come from a farming background it is my feeling too that these bills have to be revisited," Deve Gowda said

Best of BS Opinion: Mismanaging GST, rescuing the economy, and more

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

Rescuing the economy

Ensure price support for agriculture, subsidise wage costs of MSMEs and accelerate public construction activities

Explainer: Why many farmers and politicians oppose govt's farm laws

Nearly 85% of India's poor farmers own less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land, and they find it difficult to directly negotiate with large buyers of farm goods

DMK, allies demand withdrawal of farm bills, to stage protests on Sept 28

The passage of bills has once again put a question mark on "federalism" besides pushing poor farmers to a state of suffering, a resolution adopted at the meeting of DMK and its allies said

Assure farmers that MSP system will continue: PM Modi on farm bills

The Prime Minister further said that even during the coronavirus pandemic phase there was record purchase made by the government

SAD delegation to meet President over passage of farm bills in Parliament

On September 17, SAD leader and Lok Sabha MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the Union Cabinet, displaying her opposition to the three Bills

Reformist farm laws that dent status quo have strong basis in data

Numbers show why Punjab and Haryana farmers are leading the protests, and why the rest of India is largely silent; experts and farm leaders say success of the laws rests heavily on implementation