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Topic: farm laws

Venkaiah Naidu asks 3 AAP members to withdraw from Rajya Sabha for the day

PTI -
The Rajya Sabha chairman asked MPs Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta and ND Gupta to remain absent from the House Wednesday after they raised slogans against the new farm laws.

Data shows govt farm laws much needed, will work better with warehouses and transport reforms

Somya Singhvi -
Are the farmer protests bursts of emotion or are they rooted in logic? Here’s what the evidence shows.

Amarinder Singh-led all-party meet demands judicial probe into ‘sponsored’ 26 Jan violence

PTI -
The all-party meeting Tuesday demanded the immediate repeal of farm laws and decided to send a delegation to Delhi to meet PM Modi on the issue.

Committed to farmer welfare, says govt, cites ‘assured’ MSP at 1.5 times production cost

PTI -
In her Budget speech Nirmala Sitharaman said the procurement of crops like paddy, wheat, pulses and cotton has jumped manifold in the last six years.

Won’t let govt bow head before world, but it must explain why it can’t repeal farm laws—Tikait

PTI -
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait strikes conciliatory note, says farmers’ fight is ideological and they’ll only return home when govt repeals the new laws.

Sambit Patra shares edited video of Arvind Kejriwal to claim he supports farm laws

Samyak Pandey -
Various sections of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s interview with Zee were clubbed & edited to show that he was advocating for the farm laws.

90% of milk in India comprises A2 protein, says Amul managing director

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Economic Survey bats for farm laws, says small & marginal farmers will no longer be ‘enslaved’

Samyak Pandey -
2020-21 survey also says agriculture, the only sector with positive growth in Q1 & Q2, can fuel India’s post-pandemic economic recovery.

India’s skyrocketing petrol prices, and the reason behind TikTok’s exit

Tina Das -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Opposition parties raise slogans against 3 farm laws in Lok Sabha on Day 1 of Budget session

PTI -
The Opposition members also demanded obituary be paid to the farmers who have died during the agitation by farmers against the legislations.
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India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Swasti Rao -
Europe and Ukraine’s agencies are crucial. Steering the Alaska talks bilaterally between the US and Russia will foil the outcomes before they even start taking effect.

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

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Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

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This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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