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RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh warns of nationwide protest from Sep 8

RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Tuesday warned of a nationwide agitation from September 8 if the Centre fails to act on its demands on farm laws and MSP by the end of this month. Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be decided on the basis of cost, and a new law should be formulated, keeping in mind the concerns raised by farmers, to resolve the dispute arising out of the new farm laws, it said. "For these demands, a nationwide symbolic dharna will be organised on September 8. The Modi government has been given time till August 31 to act on the demands. If it does not take a positive stand on our demands, then after the dharna on September 8, a decision will be taken on further steps," BKS treasurer Yugal Kishore Mishra said here. "Farmers do not get a remunerative price for their produce. MSP is not remunerative," he said, adding that his organisation was being compelled to agitate because of this. "RSS does not run the Narendra Modi government, otherwise our organisati

Farmers' protest hits train movement, road traffic in Jalandhar for 2nd day

Farmers seeking hike in sugarcane prices blocked rail tracks and a national highway in Jalandhar on Saturday, impacting movement of trains and vehicular traffic

Flaws in farm insurance

Response to PMFBY remains underwhelming

Govt focus to make small farmers pride of India, says PM Modi

The government's focus is to make small farmers, who own less than two hectares of land and comprise over 80 percent of all farmers, the country's pride, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said

ITC to launch super app this year to tap small farmers' potential: Chairman

The product will offer a wide range of agricultural solutions while its micro-services structure will enable plug-in by a range of agtech solutions

Migration from factories to farms, a sign of distress

The government's Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report shows a sharp increase in employment in agriculture from 42.5% of the total employment in 2018-19 to 45.6% in 2019-20

Farmers' stir hits 24 BOT road projects, total revenue loss Rs 1,060 cr

Rating agency CARE said the disruption of toll collections for state projects since October 2020 accentuated with no fees collection at toll plazas since December 2020

UP govt cannot hide 'plight' of farmers by giving full page ads: Priyanka

Attacking the Uttar Pradesh government, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said it cannot hide the "plight" of farmers by giving full page advertisements

Oppn makes video of its member on Pegasus, farmers during discussions in RS

Opposition party sources indicated that over the last few weeks, leaders have realised that the disruptions by them in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are not enough.

New farmers' group meets to break deadlock in talks; frame MSP law

The group, which calls itself Rashtriya Kisan Morcha, says amendments by Centre on the three farm acts are unacceptable; wants fresh amendments to further assuage concerns of farmers

Govt says no proposal under consideration to waive farmer loans

The government on Monday said there is no proposal under consideration to waive loans of farmers, including Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers.

Farmers discuss Contract Farming Act on Day 5 of the Kisan Sansad

The fifth day of the Kisan Sansad that is running parallel to the Monsoon session of Parliament saw farmers deliberating on the Contract Farming Act, 2020, according to a statement

Govt procures record 43.33 MT wheat in 2021-22 rabi marketing season

The government has procured record 43.33 million tonne of wheat in the 2021-22 rabi marketing season, the Food Ministry said on Monday. Wheat marketing season is from April to March, but bulk of procurement is normally done in the first 3-4 months. The previous record was 38.99 million tonne (MT) in the 2020-21 rabi marketing season. "Hitting an all-time high, 43.33 million tonne of wheat has been procured from most of the wheat procuring states after conclusion of current marketing season 2021-22," the ministry said in a release. About 49.15 lakh farmers have already benefitted from the current procurement operations with an MSP (minimum support price) value of Rs 85,581.39 crore, it said. However, procurement of paddy grown in the kharif season of 2020-21 is still continuing. Kharif paddy is procured between October and September. The ministry said paddy buying is continuing smoothly and so far 86.98 million tonne of paddy has been purchased as against 75.92 million tonne in th

One team, two captains

With the appointment of Navjot Sidhu as the head of the Punjab Congress, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh is, without doubt, down. But whether he is out remains to be seen, writes Aditi Phadnis

200 farmers protesting farm laws start 'Kisan Sansad' at Jantar Mantar

Amid heavy security, a group of 200 farmers protesting the Centre's three agri laws started a 'Kisan Sansad' at central Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Thursday, a few metres away from Parliament

Farmers came to Jantar Mantar to prove to govt they aren't fools: Yadav

Farmer leaders protesting against the Centre's contentious farm laws on Thursday said they suspect that they were being snooped on by the government using Israeli software Pegasus.

Farmers block national highway; demand withdrawal of sedition charges

Farmers blocked a national highway at three different points to demand the release of five protesters who were arrested last week

Centre extends deadline for farmers' enrolment for PM crop insurance scheme

The Central government agreed to Maharashtra government's demand of extending cut-off date for enrolment of farmers from July 15 to July 23 for Kharif season 2021

Attack on Haryana deputy speaker's car: Police books over 100 protesters

As the state government took serious view of the incident, heads rolled and Sirsa district police chief Bhupender Singh was transferred, while an Inspector-rank official was placed under suspension

PM Modi defends farm laws, cites record procurement of food grains

Modi underlined the central government was working proactively to improve the government procurement system and at the same time, giving more agri marketing options to farmers