Women spread paddy grain on a field to dry them in the sun, in Nadia.
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Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad with Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai during 'Kisan Chaupal Sammelan' for new agricultural laws, in Patna.
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Farmers raise slogans beside a burning effigy during a protest against the Central Government over the recent farm reform bills, in Amritsar.
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Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar during a farmers' representative meeting, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash are also s...
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Farmers shout slogans during their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over new farm laws, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.
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Members of various farmers' organizations block the rail track of Rajpura Thermal Plant during their protest over new farm laws, at Rajpura in Patiala district.
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A woman collects water chestnut from a pond, in Ajmer district,.
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Farmers shout slogans during their ongoing 'rail roko' protest over new farm laws, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.
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Women prepare 'chapati' as they block a railway track during the ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over the recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar district.
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Farmers shout slogans during the ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over the farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.
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Shiromani Akali Dal activists carry cotton and corn as they stage a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.
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Police stop activists of Shiromani Akali Dal who were staging a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.
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Shiromani Akali Dal activists stage a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.
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Farmers from Punjab stage a protest outside Krishi Bhawan after they walked out of a meeting with Agriculture Secretary over the new farm bills, in New Delhi.
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Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...
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Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...
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Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...
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Members of various farmers organisations block a Reliance refilling station during a protest over the recent farm bills, in Amritsar district.
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A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, in Amritsar district. Farmers continue the practice, a contributor to air pollution in winter season, despite several steps taken by the go...
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A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, in Amritsar district. Farmers continue the practice, a contributor to air pollution in winter season, despite several steps taken by the go...
Other than the demand of a full repeal of the laws, the government is ready to consider 'seriously and with an open heart' other alternatives, Tomar added.
The court has effectively given the government two full months to firm up a parallel strategy. The farmers clearly see this “helping hand” for what it is, and have thus sought to evade it.
Besides paying tribute to the farmers who died, the nationwide campaign, 'Ek Mutthi Mitti Shaheddon Ke Naam' has also been launched in support of the farmers' movement.
The MSP is a very delicate instrument. On one hand, it is known that it enables farmers to take production decisions in advance. It also allows the government to keep the prices under check.
The plea also raised questions over the validity of 'the Constitution (3rd Amendment Act) of 1954' which allegedly empowered the Centre to frame the controversial laws on agriculture.
Shelving the enforcement of the new farm laws, until amendments are decided upon, is the way forward to end the deadlock created due to farmers' protest.
The Centre underestimated farmers’ grievances and is unwilling to climb down and lose face. Its only hope is a chink in the impregnable phalanx of the protestors.
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Justin Trudeau’s comments in favour of farmers’ protests angers India. It’s another instance of the Canadian PM privileging domestic politics over better ties with India.
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Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of water, credit, declining soil fertility, the tiny size of farm holdings and market. All of them need a new solution.
Punjab was the pioneer, poster state of the Green Revolution…those days are long gone. Is it really only terrorism and drugs that displaced it? Or was it excess farming?
It’s our largest producer of wheat, sugarcane, potato, milk. It has 76 per cent irrigation. Farm fertility is among our highest. Yet, Uttar Pradesh’s farmers suffer….
Why is Punjab seething at the farm bill? The state earns Rs 4,000 crore on trading fees at the mandis, and some 40,000 commission agents make Rs 1,600 crore. That’s at stake.