Page 6 - Farmers Protests

Withdrawal of farm laws is a missed chance for a progressive Indian society

India's farm economy sends desperate, landless poor to cities when it should be the bedrock of a more secure and permanent urban proletariat.

After farm Acts' repeal, govt may table seeds Bill in Winter Session

The Bill exempts farmers from registering the seeds they develop if they do not sell them

Indian economy will face crisis if there is law on MSP: SC panel member

Indian economy will face a crisis if a law is made for guaranteeing minimum support price for crops, Anil Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, said on Monday

'Entire political science' lesson: Peoples' power trumps people in power

Climb-down on the three controversial farm laws has broken the myth of invincibility that surrounds the government.

TMS, Ep 47: Repeal of farm laws, decline of cable TV, market, cloud kitchen

Repeal of farm laws a setback or a step in the right direction? Why's the cable TV industry stagnated? Will the market cheer withdrawal of farm laws? What are cloud kitchens? Let's find the answers

Best of BS Opinion: The big shocks, a Pyrrhic victory for protesters & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

SP fears BJP will bring back three farm laws after assembly polls

The Samajwadi Party expressed apprehension that the three contentious farm laws will be brought again after the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections

Cabinet likely to take up withdrawal of farm laws for approval on Nov 24

Union Cabinet is likely to take up the withdrawal of the three Farm Laws for approval on November 24, the government sources said on Sunday.The Bills for withdrawal of the laws shall then be introduced in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament which is scheduled to commence from November 29.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, earlier on Friday, announced that the Centre will repeal the three farm laws and bring necessary bills in the winter session of Parliament beginning later this month.The Prime Minister had also announced that the government will constitute a committee to work on a new framework for Minimum Support Price (MSP).Farmers have been protesting against the government's three farm laws since the Centre had passed the laws in 2020.The three farm laws are-- The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act provides for setting up a mechanism allowing the farmers to sell their farm produces outside the Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs). ...

Retreat on farm laws puts BJP's golden chance for economy in jeopardy

This sort of a retreat should not happen beyond this point because the economy is back to where it was in 2003.

Locals, traders near Singhu border hope for revival of business

Locals and traders living around Singhu border heaved a sigh of relief after the government's announcement to repeal the farm laws, hoping for revival of their businesses

Farmers' protests to continue till Parliament action: BKU leader Tikait

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday said that the farmers' ongoing agitation will continue

Farm protests made 'toolkit', 'andolanjeevi' enter political lexicon

The protests against farm laws saw a fair share of controversies as well with climate activist Greta Thunberg and pop sensation Rihanna making their way to India's prime time debates

MSP bigger issue for farmers: Navjot Sidhu on repeal of farm laws

Sidhu on Friday said the minimum support price is the bigger issue than farm laws as it is the lifeline of farmers

Repealing farm laws highlight Modi's supreme character: Haryana CM Khattar

Khattar said repealing the laws has once again highlighted the supreme character of the Prime Minister

Repeal farm laws in Parliament, guarantee MSP: Tikait on PM Modi's promise

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said the ongoing anti-farm laws protest will be withdrawn only after the three contentious legislations are repealed in Parliament and legal guarantee on MSP for crops made

Farmers hail repeal of 3 farm laws, to continue protest over other demands

Celebrations broke out at the Singhu border protest site soon after PM Modi announced repealing the farm laws

Farm laws repeal: Victory of all farmers, says Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the central government's decision to repeal three farm laws is a victory of all farmers, however, he added, that it is a late decision

Pleas against farm laws in SC to become infructuous after govt repeals them

A batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of farm laws in the Supreme Court would become infructuous after the Centre either passes a law or brings an ordinance to repeal these statutes

Repeal of farm laws: Opposition parties hail victory of farmers

Opposition parties congratulated the farmers on the Centre's announcement to repeal the three farm laws while taking a swipe at the government

Yogi Adityanath welcomes farm law repeal, said failed to convince farmers

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday welcomed the repeal of the three farm laws and expressed regret farmers could not be convinced despite government's best efforts. "The government tried to have a dialogue with farmers at every level. But maybe because of some deficiency on our part, we failed to explain our point to the people," Adityanath said. "I sincerely welcome the withdrawal of three agricultural laws by the Prime Minister on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government," he said. The CM called the withdrawal of the bills a historic gesture and congratulated the Prime Minister for making the decision. "Today, on Gurupurb, the Prime Minister has done the historic work by using this language of dialogue in a democracy and withdrawing the three agricultural laws," he said. He said though the bills got support from a large section of farmers, a minority that could not be convinced managed to stall it. "Although from the very beginning there was a large community