The govt had said it was ready to provide all clarifications on new farm laws, but didn’t mention protesting farmers’ main demand — repeal of the new laws.
Farmers said many more protesters are coming on bicycles and carts which will hit their ration supply but they have enough stacked up for another 2-3 months.
Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmers’ group in Maharashtra, has supported the three contentious farm laws and had earlier taken to the streets in celebration.
Addressing a rally in Midnapore district, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asserted that she would rather stay in jail than ‘remain silent or put up with BJP's misrule’.
After 19 years, the Bombay High Court finally held what governments and intelligence services have long known: The men sentenced for their role in the bombings had nothing to do with it.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Concedes more than you expected? How are these expectations set? And From what baseline? To understand the baseline better, kindly read Shri P Sainath’s excellent article on thewire. When the baseline defined by Modi govt itself is maximalist and includes clauses like Complete barring of access to judicial courts for dispute resolution between farmers and corporates, small concessions by the govt cannot be termed as significant breakthroughs.
What kind of rebuttal has Mr. Sainath given on MSP and other economic factors involved in the decision making.
What has he written on – How come open market is going to hurt Punjab farmers?
Any statement on How much subsidy is being giver to each farmer and how those subsidies don’t force farmers to adopt new technologies?
Any statement of how Punjab farmers are still not diversified?
Any statement on how water heavy these rice and wheat crops are?
Just abusing Modi or calling much of media as godi media and calling someone bhakt doesn’t get to the root of the problem. We have been having Farm related problems for many years now. Time to change the laws. Other political parties dont have spine to take on difficult issues.
Fine edit in IE about how farmers are agitated today because there is in fact too little democracy, not too much.
Concedes more than you expected? How are these expectations set? And From what baseline? To understand the baseline better, kindly read Shri P Sainath’s excellent article on thewire. When the baseline defined by Modi govt itself is maximalist and includes clauses like Complete barring of access to judicial courts for dispute resolution between farmers and corporates, small concessions by the govt cannot be termed as significant breakthroughs.
What kind of rebuttal has Mr. Sainath given on MSP and other economic factors involved in the decision making.
What has he written on – How come open market is going to hurt Punjab farmers?
Any statement on How much subsidy is being giver to each farmer and how those subsidies don’t force farmers to adopt new technologies?
Any statement of how Punjab farmers are still not diversified?
Any statement on how water heavy these rice and wheat crops are?
Just abusing Modi or calling much of media as godi media and calling someone bhakt doesn’t get to the root of the problem. We have been having Farm related problems for many years now. Time to change the laws. Other political parties dont have spine to take on difficult issues.
Fine edit in IE about how farmers are agitated today because there is in fact too little democracy, not too much.