Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the agriculture reforms introduced by the government will connect farmers directly to the market and "send middlemen out of the system"
Punjab and few other Congress-ruled states have passed their own farm Bills to bypass the recent central farm law
The suspension of freight trains in Punjab has caused acute shortage of urea for wheat and vegetable crops in Punjab
Triggers in exports and domestic businesses to continue driving earnings while pharma CSM foray takes shape
This is Centre's second attempt to run special trains for agri goods
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government is taking initiatives to strengthen the agriculture sector in the country so that farmers do not have to face any trouble
Sitharaman says the recent agricultural reforms were designed for the welfare of farmers
Will also procure 1.4 million tonnes of pulses and oilseeds, and start lifting cotton on October 1
The new central laws bypass the existing Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) or mandis regulated by state laws
According to the ministry, state procuring agencies including Food Corporation of India (FCI) are in a state of readiness for smoothly undertaking procurement operations
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
The agitators blocked highways and staged road rokos in many places affecting the traffic flow
"The Modi government through three black laws has launched a brutal attack on farmers, farm labourers and their livelihoods," Surjewala said on Friday
Additional police forces were deployed in the area to control the situation
Rail traffic across Punjab was badly hit as farmers, farm labourers, commission agents and activists of political parties squatted on railway lines
All that farmers and labourers got was a jumbled web of promises and laws, he said
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, 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
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
"Having come from a farming background it is my feeling too that these bills have to be revisited," Deve Gowda said