Page 4 - Farm Crisis

Farmers vs government: Has an immovable object met an irresistible force?

A simple solution in the instant case would be for the FCI to continue as before in respect of everything except the procurement of paddy in Punjab

Union ministers start 11th round of talks with protesting farmer unions

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash are holding the talks with the representatives of 41 farm unions

Akhilesh Yadav questions 'intention' behind deferring new farm laws

Akhilesh has questioned the 'intentions' of the Modi government to defer farm laws by one and a half year

Start on a clean slate: Chidambaram to govt ahead of talks with farmers

Nine rounds of talks have taken place between the government and agitating farmer unions without any concrete resolution

Tenth round of talks between govt, farmers over contentious agri laws today

The talks were earlier scheduled for January 19 was later postponed to Wednesday

SC puts farm laws on hold till further orders, sets up panel for talks

The court served notice to various farmers unions for their plan to drive tractors to Delhi on Republic Day to protest against the contested laws.

Doubling of farm income unrealistic: How agriculture fared in Covid-19 era

India's gross domestic product that had grown by 5.2% and 4.4% in the first two quarters of 2019-20, contracted by 23.9% and 7.5% in the first and second quarters, respectively, of 2020-21

LIVE: Hopeful of positive outcome at Jan 4 meet, says Agriculture Minister

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting at various borders of the national capital for more than a month against the laws

Annus Horribilis: It wasn't just Covid that made 2020 one of the worst years

The food crisis of the 1960s gave birth to the Green Revolution, and out of 1970s' stagnation was born the first, weak impulses for economic reform. T N Ninan wonders what good will come out of 2020

Farmers at Delhi borders remain resolute in seeking repeal of new agri laws

Security remained tight at the Delhi borders with hundreds of personnel deployed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri as thousands of farmers have been staging their protests

LIVE: Minister Tomar sends 8-point letter to farmers, assures them of MSP

Farmers' protest LIVE updates Day 22: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today tore up copies of the Centre's three new agriculture-related laws in the legislative assembly

Protest to intensify as farmer leaders set to observe hunger strike today

The number of farmers at the Ghazipur border is increasing while the protesters continue to stay in the cold weather conditions here

Modi needs to resolve the farm agitation or it may hurt India's recovery

Modi's presidential style of working has botched things up, but there's still a way to turn this crisis into an opportunity

Farmers' protest: Modi govt under pressure as agitation finds wider support

Farmer leaders have said the government has so far ruled out any rollback of the legislation

Break the deadlock

Farmer groups are taking too rigid a position

For the Union govt the best farm policy would be to let states deal with it

If states insist on costly policies, let them pay for their follies

Farmers' agitation: Perils of a non-consultative government

If the Modi government, made arrogant by its huge legislative majority, does not rethink its peremptory way of functioning, it will face more headwinds

Bank unions lend support to farmers' agitation against new farm laws

The All India Bank Employees'' Association (AIBEA) in a statement said the government should come forward and resolve their demands in the interest of the nation and farmers

Weakening mandis to rising inequality: Here's why new laws worry farmers

The ongoing agitation in Delhi by farmers and farmers' unions from across India, especially from Punjab and Haryana, seeks to pressure the Centre to withdraw the laws

'Fear of price fluctuation, distrust behind protests against farm laws'

Sukhpal Singh is professor and former chairperson, Centre for Management in Agriculture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedaba