-The Hindu Bench identified with farmers while insisting on a speedy, impartial probe The Supreme Court’s intervention to protect the investigation in Uttar Pradesh following the murder of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, in which the son of a Union Minister is an accused, as well as the expressions of support for the farming community from the Bench of the Chief Justice of India created ripples days before the Prime Minister’s televised assurance...
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Rs.3 Lakh For Families Of 750 Farmers Who Died During Protest: Telangana -Uma Sudhir
-NDTV.com Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao also demanded the central government to give ₹ 25 lakh to the families of the farmers who died and withdraw all cases against the protesting farmers. Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Saturday announced ₹ 3 lakh as compensation each to the families of the 750 farmers who died while protesting against the Centre's farm Laws at Delhi borders. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also demanded the...
More »Four key takeaways from the BJP’s U-turn on farm Laws -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times What are the key takeaways from the latest turn of events surrounding the farmers’ protest? Here are four key things that stand out: Faced with a resilient farmers’ agitation for more than a year, the Narendra Modi government has decided to repeal the three contentious farm Laws, making it perhaps the biggest political retreat by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since it assumed power in 2014. What are the key takeaways...
More »Will release Supreme Court-appointed panel’s report on farm Laws if apex court doesn’t do so: Panel member
-PTI/ The Hindu Shetkari Sanghatana President Anil J Ghanwat said the panel’s report was in “favour of farmers” and will decide next week on releasing the report in the public domain. With the Centre deciding to repeal the three farm Laws, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel – which has already submitted its report on these contentious legislations to the apex court – on Friday said the purpose of the report...
More »Farm Laws scrapped: India’s food processing sector may get hit badly -Arnab Dutta
-BusinessToday.in With all FMCG majors betting heavily on these reforms, their sourcing and expansion plans may now be impacted severely. The abrupt change in the government’s stance on the three controversial farm Laws may have far-reaching implications for the country’s food processing sector that involves leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) majors and a market larger than Rs 2.6 lakh crore. With the farm Laws are now set to get revoked, a slew of...
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