-PTI/ IndiaTVNews.com The umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions said the government's "failure" to support farmers during natural calamities, hike in fuel prices and the recent Pegasus snooping row were among the issues that were discussed during the Kisan Sansad on Friday. The Kisan Sansad being held by farmers protesting the Central farm laws moved a no-confidence motion against the government on Friday for not repealing the three contentious legislations, the...
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Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar in view of farmers’ protest
-PTI/ The Hindu Farm unions plan protest at Parliament Security at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi has been tightened in view of a protest by farmers against the Centre's against the three agricultural reform laws on Thursday, July 22, 2021, amid the Monsoon session of Parliament, officials said. Adequate security arrangements have been made and police and paramilitary personnel deployed, they said. Jantar Mantar is a few metres away from the Parliament House where...
More »Centre announces hike in MSP for paddy, pulses, oilseeds -Priscilla Jebraj
-The Hindu Farmer groups unhappy with the increase in paddy price. The Central government has hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for common paddy to ₹1,940 a quintal for the coming kharif season, less than 4% higher than last year’s price of ₹1,868. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday. In a bid to encourage crop diversification, there were slightly higher increases in the MSP for pulses, oilseeds...
More »Farmers’ Protest: Civil Society Members Ask PM To Initiate Dialogue, End Deadlock -Kusum Arora
-TheWire.in The letter also appealed to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha leadership, the umbrella body of various farmer unions, to respond positively to the government’s invite if it is extended. Jalandhar: Urging the Centre to end the deadlock in the ongoing farmers’ protest, renowned intellectuals from across the country have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar to invite the farmers for dialogue ‘immediately’. Civil society members...
More »Dalit group, farm unions clash over Ambedkar event -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Move to stop Haryana CM’s unveiling of Babasaheb’s statue Tensions are brewing between some Dalit groups and protesting farm unions. The latest trigger is the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s plans to block Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s from unveiling a statue of B.R. Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on April 14. On Monday, the All India Ambedkar Mahasabha (AIAM) said that “no one will be allowed to prevent celebration of...
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