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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicFarm laws

Topic: farm laws

Govt offer to farmers includes significant rollbacks. Talks take time, but farmers must be flexible

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Too little democracy is why India’s reforms and progress are stymied

Amitabh Kant’s diagnosis is wrong: India doesn’t have too much of a democracy. It has too little of it for economic growth.

Farmer leaders reject Modi govt’s proposal, stick to demand for ‘total repeal’ of new laws

The central govt sent a draft proposal with amendments to the new farm laws Wednesday, a day after 13 farmer leaders met Home Minister Amit Shah.

What Modi govt proposed but farmers rejected — assurance on MSP, 7 amendments to new laws

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.

Indian farmers want parity, not charity. Modi govt would do well to not teach them agriculture

The Indian farm laws are as convoluted and ill-advised as the notebandi.

Govt’s meeting with farmers cancelled, unions insist on scrapping of farm laws

Farmers' leaders had said they will take a call on their next course of action after studying the government's written proposal on Wednesday.

Farmers fear bandh will hit ration supply as more protesters join from Punjab, Haryana

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.

Teflon Modi does not have one Achilles heel, but two

In the past six years, Modi has taken a series of controversial decisions not caring for tremendous opposition. But two opponents made him blink.

Pro-farm laws group in Maharashtra plans front of similar bodies to seek more such amendments

Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmers’ group in Maharashtra, has supported the three contentious farm laws and had earlier taken to the streets in celebration.

BJP govt should immediately withdraw ‘anti-people’ farm laws or step down, says Mamata

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’.

On Camera

Pakistani accomplices, shootouts, sealed chargesheet—how the 7/11 blasts case fell apart

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.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

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.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

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.