Page 19 - Farmer Protests

'Ready to die': Angry farmers camp outside Delhi in showdown with Modi govt

Farmers want govt to repeal three laws passed in September that allow them to sell crops directly to private firms instead of licensed middlemen at state-controlled markets

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

BS READS: Farmers' protest -- Anti-corporate agitation takes anti-Modi turn

When the protests started, the anger was directed at large corporates with some hope of redress by the Centre. Now that hope seems to have dissipated

RSS affiliate backs protesting farmers, says new acts only favour companies

While Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has pointed to lacunae in the farm laws, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch voices opposition as well

'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

Top headlines: VI bites bullet on tariff hike; auto sales contract in Nov

From Vodafone Idea taking a lead in hiking tariffs by 6 to 8 per cent to contracting auto sales, here are top headlines this morning

Truckers hit bylanes to maintain supplies; onion, potato prices stable

During this time of the year, potatoes and vegetables come from Punjab and Haryana

Govt asks farmer unions to submit specific issues in farm laws by Wednesday

The government has asked farmers' bodies to identify specific issues related to the three new farm laws and submit those by Wednesday for consideration and discussion in the next round of talks

Top headlines: Farmers agree to talks; GST collections cross Rs 1 trn again

GST collections top Rs 1 trillion in November for second straight month, labs find lower Covid RT-PCR test pricing unviable, and more top headlines of the day

Wake up, shed arrogance and give justice to farmers: Rahul Gandhi to govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government to wake up and shed "arrogance" to provide protesting farmers their rights. Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding protests at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the Centre's new agri-marketing laws. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi said everyone was indebted to the farmers for their hard work and this debt would be repaid only by giving them justice. "The food grower is sitting in protest on the roads and fields and speeches are being given on TV.We all are indebted to the hard work of farmers. This debt will be over only by giving them justice and their rights, and not by mistreating them or by beating them with batons or using tear gas against them," he said in a tweet in Hindi. "Wake up and come down from the chair of arrogance and think of giving the farmers their rights," he also said. The Centre has invited agitating farmer unions for talks on Tuesday. The stir by farmer

Agri laws: Protesting farm unions to decide on govt's offer to hold talks

Protesting farmers have called a meeting later in the day to take a decision on the Centre's offer to hold talks as they continue their agitation at Delhi border against the new agri laws

PM Modi says new farm laws empower, open markets; attacks Opposition

Modi said the quality of Indian farm produce was known all over the world and the farmers were entitled to get access to bigger markets to increase their income

Agitating farmers refuse to budge, say here for 'decisive battle'

Reject offer for talks, siege of Delhi continues

More reform needed

Solution to farmers' agitation is reform of livelihood support

Short of answers or assurances: Govt unable to handle farmer protests

If the farmers are not satisfied, then Burari could become yet another iconic protest site before force is used to evict the protestors

BJP govt has no sympathy for farmers, only care about corporates: Akhilesh

Hitting out at CM Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged that developmental works have stalled

PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat': Key highlights and coronavirus updates

Prime Minister Modi asserted that these agriculture reforms have not only freed peasants from various shackles but have also bestowed on them new rights and opportunities

Amid protests, PM Modi says new farm laws mitigating farmers' problems

His remarks come at a time when thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, have dug in their heels at Delhi's border points and hundreds have gathered at the city's Burari ground

Punjabi diaspora worried, shocked over 'brutality' against farmers

They asked the Indian government to engage in an open dialogue with the farmers as their livelihoods are going to be impacted

Farmers' march: Protesters stay put at borders, to decide on next step

With many roads and entry points being blocked, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had appealed to the farmers to shift to the Burari ground