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  Tomar counters 'misinformed' Pawar, says 'new farm laws won't affect MSP, mandis'

  India | January 31, 2021 18:23 IST

  ​Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday countered NCP President Sharad Pawar and said that the new farm laws will not affect the current MSP system and mandis. His response came a day after Pawar claimed that the Centre's agriculture laws will adversely impact the Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement and weaken the 'Mandi'system.

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  Cabinet approves increase in MSP of copra

  News | January 27, 2021 16:37 IST

  Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar briefed about the decisions which took place in the Cabinet Meeting. He said that the Cabinet of Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Maximum Selling Price (MSP) of copra at Rs 10,335 per quintal, an increase of Rs 375 over 2020 rates.

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  No corporate can snatch away farmer's land till Modi is PM: Amit Shah

  India | December 25, 2020 19:43 IST

  Amit Shah said if farmer organisations felt that any provision of the three new farm laws was against their interests, the Modi government was ready to discuss and consider it with an open mind.

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  PM Modi is true well-wisher of farmers: Amit Shah

  News | December 25, 2020 15:01 IST

  Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "true well wisher" of farmers amid their protest against the three agriculture laws.

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  Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar says will leave politics if MSP is abolished

  News | December 21, 2020 11:41 IST

  Haryana chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Lal Khattar has said that he will quit politics if the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is removed.

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  Will decide next course of action in 2-3 days, say farmers

  India | December 19, 2020 22:55 IST

  Farmer unions protesting against the 3 farm laws on Saturday said they will decide their next course of action in the next two-three days after the Supreme Court earlier this week pointed out it was thinking of setting up an "impartial and independent" panel of agriculture experts and peasants' unions to resolve the deadlock.

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  Centre-farmers talk may take place in next 2-3 days to find way out: Haryana CM

  India | December 19, 2020 21:55 IST

  There can be a way out for the next round of talks between the government and farmer unions protesting against the Centre's new farm laws in a day or two, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said after meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday.

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  'Do read this letter...': PM Modi shares Agriculture Minister's note to farmers, debunks myths

  India | December 19, 2020 21:28 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a letter penned by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in wake of the farmers' protest against the new reforms being brought in the agriculture sector asking people to read it to know how it will help the farmers.

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  Kurukshetra : PM Modi addressed MP farmers amid protests against farm laws

  Kurukshetra | December 18, 2020 19:35 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers at the 'Kisan Kalyan' event in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen through video conferencing on December 18.

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  Purchases below MSP should be declared illegal: RSS-affiliate SJM

  India | December 14, 2020 13:13 IST

  Swadeshi Jagran Manch suggested that MSP should be guaranteed to farmers and purchases below the MSP should be declared illegal.

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  Govt to soon hold next round of talks with protesting farmers to end stalemate: Kailash Choudhary

  India | December 13, 2020 21:59 IST

  As farmers intensify their protest against the Centre's three farm laws, Union Minister Kailash Choudhary on Sunday said the government will soon decide a date and call union leaders for the next round of talks.

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  News | December 13, 2020 20:04 IST

  Farmers from Rajasthan and some other places gathered in large numbers on the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Rewari for their march towards Delhi and sat in protest on side of the Delhi-Jaipur national highway

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  Govt making efforts to call next round of meeting with farmer leaders soon: Union Minister

  India | December 12, 2020 23:32 IST

  Union minister Som Prakash, who is among the government representatives negotiating with farmers protesting against 3 new farm laws, says efforts are being made to call next round of meeting with leaders of the agitation soon to end the stalemate.

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  Ready for talks but will first discuss scrapping 3 laws: Farmers stick to their demand

  India | December 12, 2020 18:50 IST

  Sticking to their demands, farmer leaders Saturday said they are ready to hold talks with the government, but will first discuss repealing the three new farm laws, and announced further intensification of their ongoing protest against the legislations.

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  Farmers plan hunger strike, tractor march to intensify protest, firm on demand to repeal laws

  India | December 12, 2020 18:29 IST

  Remaining adamant to their demand of repealing the new farm laws, the protesting farmers on Saturday once again threatened the government that they will intensify their agitation. Speaking to media, Sanyukta Kisan Andolan's Kamal Preet Singh Pannu announced that they will go on fast on December 14 to further pressurise the government over the new reforms.

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  Want law on MSP and not written guarantee: UP farmer leader

  India | December 12, 2020 17:06 IST

  As farmers protest against Centre's new farm laws continues, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee on Saturday demanded that the government must give an assurance on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) on all of their produce.

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  Farmers issue ultimatum to govt: Repeal farm laws or we'll block rail tracks now

  India | December 10, 2020 18:39 IST

  After the Centre on Thursday reassured farmers over the new farm laws explaining to them that APMCs, MSP won't be affected and appealed to protesting farmers that government is ready for talks with an open mind, Farmer leader Boota Singh once again reiterated their demands of repealing the laws and warned of further intensifying the protest.

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  Modi govt paid more than double MSP to farmers compared to Congress-led UPA

  India | December 10, 2020 17:18 IST

  While the UPA government paid Rs 3.74 lakh crore as MSP for paddy and wheat between 2009-2014, Modi government paid Rs 8 lakh crore between 2014-2019.

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  TRS supports farmers 'Bandh' call: K Kavitha

  News | December 06, 2020 17:24 IST

  Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Leader, K Kavitha said that the party will support farmers' call of Bandh on December 8.

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  MSP will continue, there is no threat to it: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

  News | December 05, 2020 21:16 IST

  After the 5th round of Centre-farmers talks on Saturday, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar once again assured farmers that MSP will continue and that there is no threat to it. However, the talks remained inconclusive once again and it was decided that the next meeting will talke place on December 9.