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Topic: Farmers

Govt, farmer unions begin 10th round of talks to break deadlock over farm laws

Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and MoS Commerce Som Parkash are holding the talks with the representatives of around 40 farmer unions.

Doubling farmers’ income is Modi govt’s biggest priority, says Amit Shah

Speaking at the inauguration of farmer friendly projects in Karnataka, Home Minister Amit Shah says Modi govt increased the budget for farm sector and also MSP on various crops.

Farm laws well-intentioned but Modi govt faltered in communication, Amul MD R.S. Sodhi says

At ThePrint's Off the Cuff, Amul Managing Director Dr Rupinder Singh Sodhi talked about how repealing farm laws now will set a bad precedent for the government.

Talks with farmers must continue, only way forward is through dialogue — MoS Rupala

Minister of State for Agriculture Parshottam Rupala was responding to a query on whether the meeting between farmers and govt will be held on 15 January after the SC intervention.

Modi govt is answerable to farmers, not the judiciary. SC’s mediation beyond its remit

Protesting farmers didn’t approach the court, neither did the Modi govt. And the SC put the constitutionality of the laws on the back burner.

Easy money, cycle of debt — why Punjab’s farmers can’t get out of the clutches of arhatiyas

PM Modi and experts have talked about eliminating middlemen from agricultural trade, but farmers say this will take away their source of easy loans too.

Karnataka govt working to help farmers double their income, says CM Yediyurappa

Yediyurappa said the govt is committed to maintaining the lead as 'Horticulture State' by providing support to research, extension and other infrastructure facilities.

Why the farmers’ movement is no longer what the Modi govt thinks it is

There is something common between the current farmers’ upsurge and the 19th-century peasant rebellions in India.

Traders’ body calls BJP’s Raghubar Das ‘mentally bankrupt’ as his article targets ‘middlemen’

Confederation of All India Traders has said BJP must act against the Jharkhand ex-CM who called traders 'mafia and snake'. Raghubar Das says he wasn't talking about 'honest traders'.

Farmer protest mirrors 1907 Pagdi Sambhal Jatta movement — Bhagat Singh’s nephew at Singhu

Abhay Singh Sandhu says Pagdi Sambhal Jatta movement, led by his grandfather & Bhagat Singh’s uncle Ajit Singh against British laws, still resonates with people of Punjab.

On Camera

Skoda Octavia RS combines performance with practicality—without breaking the bank

Ashish Gupta, Brand Director for Skoda India, said while performance cars like the Octavia RS are not too cheap, ‘car buyers who know and love their cars find them to be far better bang for the buck’.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.