-Hindustan Times Anil Ghanwat said if a law on MSP is made as demanded by protesting farm unions, all farmers would demand MSP on their crops and nobody would be in a position to earn anything out of it. Anil Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, said on Monday that he was not against minimum support price, but open-ended procurement was a problem. He said if a...
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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...
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-Hindustan Times Democracy is all about elected governments bowing down to people’s wishes and in that sense the decision taken by PM Modi is praiseworthy, writes VS Pandey. Prime Minister Modi, in his address to the nation, announced the withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws and apologised to all those who had suffered because of the same. Farmers, basically from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh have been...
More »Supreme Court orders CBI probe into HZL stake sale in 2002 -Utkarsh Anand
-Hindustan Times The top court ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation into the initial stake sale of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to Anil Agarwal-run Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd (SOVL) in 2002 The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the initial stake sale of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to Anil Agarwal-run Sterlite Opportunities and Ventures Ltd (SOVL) in 2002 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led...
More »The controversies around the Final Draft of Citizenship in Assam -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Why has the final NRC list not been notified yet? What are the contentions of the BJP led Government of Assam? The story so far: In response to a Right to Information (RTI) application by The Hindu, the State Coordinator, National Register of Citizens (NRC), Assam said that 1032 doubtful cases in the final draft of NRC, Assam have been referred to the concerned district commissioners for necessary action. The...
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