BKS says farm laws were beneficial for 90% farmers. But after repeal, 'farmers received nothing and only people who wanted Modi to bow down got happy', it adds.
The three agriculture laws that the Narendra Modi government had introduced brought back the ghost of competition, something Nehru had faced in the 1950s.
After a problem has been identified by govt, for which a public policy has to be made, a typical policy process from beginning to execution could be broken down into 9 logical steps.
Gandhi said his party predicted the govt will have to take back the farm laws as the power of 'three-four crony capitalists cannot withstand the strength of farmers and labourers'.
Introducing the bill in Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar regretted that Modi govt couldn't convince the agitating farmers about the laws' benefits.
The unfortunate part of this repeal is that India's agriculture is now condemned to be controlled and profited byaffluent farmers, dealers and middlemen, writes Mubiyana Koirala.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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