Supreme Court is hearing three petitions on the ongoing protests. Solicitor General says farmers not willing to budge on demand while govt is ready to discuss laws clause by clause.
In a letter to the Centre, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha said it should also stop defaming the ongoing protests being held at several Delhi border points against the three farm laws.
In episode 640 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta notes that state intervention in farming is inevitable, and the sector’s impact on politics is four times its GDP size.
Minister Piyush Goyal must not belittle farmers’ protest by saying Leftists have infiltrated it. This disconnects us from knowing what is driving the farmers.
With measures like MSP, India has been carefully treading the thin line between food and livelihood security and practices classified as 'trade distorting' under the WTO law.
This comes after Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar's meeting, following which the state leader had said MSP will be ensured for farmers.
Delhi CM Kejriwal, who had joined AAP leaders in observing a day-long fast in support of the farmers, said the cultivators are doing a favour by protesting against these laws.
When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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