Farm Laws
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Punjab govt to waive off Rs 1186 crore loan of 1.13 lakh farmers
News | Mar 08, 2021, 12:40 PM ISTThe Punjab government has announced to waive farm loans worth Rs 1,186 crore of 1.13 lakh farmers and Rs 526 crore of landless farmers in 2021-22. The announcement was made by state's Finance Minister Manpreet Singh in the Assembly.
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SAD leaders protest against farms laws and inflation outside Punjab Assembly
News | Mar 08, 2021, 10:33 AM ISTThere was a huge commotion outside the Punjab Assembly today. Akali Dal leaders protested against farm laws and inflation.
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'100 months': Priyanka Gandhi vows to fight against farm laws as farmers protest completes 100 days
India | Mar 08, 2021, 09:37 AM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over three months demanding rollback of the three farm laws.
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Govt ready to amend new farm laws; opposition playing politics at cost of agri-economy: Tomar
India | Mar 07, 2021, 09:30 AM ISTEleven rounds of talks between the Centre and 41 protesting farmer unions have so far remained deadlocked. The government has offered concessions including suspension of the legislations for 12-18 months and setting up a joint panel to find solutions, but the unions have rejected.
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Farmers block Western Peripheral Expressway to mark 100th day of agitation
News | Mar 06, 2021, 08:01 PM ISTFarmers block Western Peripheral Expressway to mark 100th day of agitation
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Gurugram police on high alert as agitating farmers reach KMP Expressway
India | Mar 06, 2021, 12:15 PM ISTTens of thousands of farmers have been camping at the various borders of Delhi, including Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu to protest against the three farm laws. In these 100 days, the farmers have braved harsh weather conditions, but remained firm on their demands.
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Farmers to block Western Peripheral Expressway on 100th day of protest
India | Mar 03, 2021, 09:59 AM ISTFarmers will block the Western Peripheral Expressway or Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway on March 6 as their agitation against the farm laws completes 100 days.
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Hisar's Khap panchayat to increase milk price in protest against farm laws, fuel rates
India | Feb 28, 2021, 09:31 AM ISTMany people were sitting in agitation against the rising fuel prices coupled with their angst against the recently passed farm laws.
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R-Day violence: Farmer's death during tractor rally not due to gunshot, says Delhi Police
India | Feb 27, 2021, 07:31 AM ISTThe Delhi Police on Friday informed the high court that the death of a farmer whose tractor overturned during the tractor rally on Republic Day was due to shock and hemorrhage as a result of head injury, and not due to any gunshot injury.
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Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur gets bail from Punjab & Haryana HC
India | Feb 26, 2021, 10:13 PM ISTIn a major relief to labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested in Haryana on criminal charges during the farmers' agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday granted her bail. Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order on her bail petition.
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After tractor march, now farmers' to hold cycle rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on March 12
India | Feb 26, 2021, 08:05 PM ISTNow, a cycle march will be held across the country to intensify the farmers' protest and mobilise the people against the farm laws.
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Govt can never dare to make such law in democracy that'll harm farmers: Narendra Tomar
News | Feb 26, 2021, 08:08 AM ISTWhile addressing the public gathering at Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2021 in New Delhi on February 25, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "In democracy, a government can never dare to make such a law that will harm farmers."
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Ready to talk to farmers anytime: Agri minister Narendra Singh Tomar as farm protest continue
India | Feb 25, 2021, 05:35 PM ISTUnion Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday over the ongoing farmers protest said that they have held 12 rounds of talks with the farmers and are ready to talk to them anytime.
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40 lakh tractors will march to Parliament if farm laws not taken back, Rakesh Tikait warns
India | Feb 24, 2021, 04:52 PM ISTBharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has said that the farmers would march to the Parliament if the three agricultural laws are not taken back.
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Set up agriculture research centre in Parliament, grow crops there and decide rates: Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 24, 2021, 04:07 PM ISTThousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over two months demanding rollback of three farm laws.
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Farmers will gherao Parliament if govt doesn't repeal agri laws: Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 24, 2021, 10:55 AM ISTRakesh Tikait said the protesting farmers would plough the parks near India Gate and grow crops there. Leaders of the United Front will decide the date to gherao the Parliament.
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If this government remains, we will lose our land: Naresh Tikait
India | Feb 24, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTWhen Naresh Tikait, the national president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, reached the Ghazipur border to meet farmers agitating against the three farm laws on Tuesday, he was given a traditional welcome with drum beats.
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Republic Day violence: Two accused arrested from Jammu, shifted to Delhi for questioning
India | Feb 23, 2021, 10:24 AM ISTThousands of protesters had clashed with the police during the tractor parade called by farmer unions on January 26 demanding repeal of the Centre's farm laws.
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Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long
India | Feb 23, 2021, 07:05 AM IST"He is the last king of looters (luteron ka badshah). He has to be forced out of Delhi," Rakesh Tikait said without naming anyone at a "kisan mahapanchayat" in Nohar of Hanumangarh.
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Rakesh Tikait to visit Gujarat to mobilise support for farmers' stir
India | Feb 22, 2021, 11:13 AM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and west UP are camping at Delhi border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur with a demand that the Centre repeal the three new farm laws and make a new one guaranteeing MSP for crops.