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TopicFarm laws

Topic: farm laws

No title, no money — Women grow 80% of India’s food, but new farm laws unlikely to help them

In a given crop season, women farmers in India work about 3,300 hours, double the 1,860 hours their male counterparts put into farming.

India summons British envoy over ‘unwarranted’ discussion on farm reforms in UK Parliament

India's Foreign Secretary told the envoy that discussions in the UK Parliament on India's farms reforms represented a gross interference in politics of another democratic country.

‘Locked up our homes to protest’ — Women farmers take over Tikri site on Women’s Day

Wrapped in yellow dupattas, nearly 50,000 women arrived at Tikri border to register their support for the ongoing farmers protests’. They intend to stay a week.

How India can benefit from the ongoing feminisation of agricultural workforce

Agricultural yields can grow by 20-30% if women get the same access to productive resources as men. On this International Women’s Day, India can make a resolve.

Punjab Assembly passes resolution seeking unconditional withdrawal of farm laws

The resolution seeks to continue with the existing system of MSP-based government procurement of food grains.

Farmers’ movement can’t and shouldn’t be apolitical. That’s not a democracy

From Champaran to Tebhaga, farmers’ movements have been political. But that took a turn in the 1980s-90s, when the chorus for ‘apolitical movements’ grew.

‘Silence’ of govt indicates it is planning steps against farmers’ agitation, says Tikait

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait stressed that the Centre will have to come forward with a proposal for talks to resume with farmers who 'will not step back till a solution is found'.

Nehru went to cabinet on Kashmir, but Modi’s decision-making is different

For a leader, the ability to take decisions speedily is a virtue but equally important is to weigh in the possible consequences.

Red Fort violence planned by BJP, farmers not anti-national, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Drawing parallels between the BJP and Britishers, Kejriwal at a public rally in Meerut said that even the former coloniser did not oppress our farmers to this extent.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.