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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, DelhiGovernment defends police on violent action; farmers have no access to clean water and sanitation facilities anymoreThe Centre defended Delhi Police's use of tear gas, water cannon and mild force against protesting farmers, as a new wall and barricades cut farmers' access to water and toilets.
- Policy & trade, MaharashtraMaharashtra lockdown and its impact on farmersMaharashtra plans curfews and partial lockdowns in major cities to curb Covid-19, but reports suggest no complete lockdown like last year, easing farmers' worries.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaFarmers led by khaps tighten internal security after Singhu border violenceHaryana's khap panchayats pledged to protect protesting farmers at Delhi's borders after a group of about 200 men damaged tents at Singhu, and farmers set up their own security system.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanFarmers will now sell their produce outside Parliament, says TikaitAt a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Rajasthan, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said farmers would sell produce outside assemblies, collectors' offices and Parliament to protest the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanVictory for farmers in prolonged battle over crop insurance in RajasthanFarmers in Satlana, Jodhpur, have received kharif 2016 crop insurance claims under PMFBY after a High Court PIL, having been denied them over missing soft-copy records.
- Policy & trade, DelhiSC: Delhi Police to decide the fate of the tractor rally on 26 JanuaryThe Supreme Court declined to ban the farmers' January 26 tractor rally and left the decision on its entry into Delhi to the Delhi Police.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanInterest waiver scheme for agriculture traders extended till December 31 by Rajasthan governmentRajasthan has extended its interest waiver scheme for agriculture traders to December 31 and approved waiving mandi and farmers' welfare fees on pulses and oilseeds traded at MSP this kharif.
- Policy & trade, IndiaChhattisgarh and Rajasthan to follow in the footsteps of Punjab to oppose the central farm lawsAfter Punjab passed bills against the central farm laws, Congress-led Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan moved to do the same, though Chhattisgarh's governor queried a special session.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen suffer more in the agro setbackWomen in rural India are left with low-paid, irregular farm work as men take non-farm jobs, and the Covid-19 lockdown and lost remittances deepened their losses.
- Policy & trade, Jammu and KashmirGovt opens up agriculture, horticulture and allied sectors to all communities in J&KJammu and Kashmir's Administrative Council has allowed agriculturists to sell land to non-agriculturists with official permission, up to 20 kanals for farming and 80 kanals for orchards.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUnder concessional duty quota, India permitted to export 3,675 tonnes of additional sugar to UKThe DGFT has notified an additional 3,675 tonnes of raw or refined sugar for export to the UK under a tariff-rate quota, on top of the 10,000-tonne EU CXL quota.
- Policy & trade, PunjabNew food park established in Punjab: will create employment and open possibilitiesMinister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated a Rs 107.83 crore mega food park at Phagwara in Punjab's Kapurthala district, expected to create around 5,000 jobs and benefit 25,000 farmers.
- Policy & trade, Punjab12 casualties in farmers’ protest in Punjab against the Centre’s farm lawsTwelve people have died during Punjab's protests against the Centre's farm laws, and BKU-Ugrahan is refusing to cremate two bodies until families get more than the state's Rs 3 lakh compensation.
- Policy & trade, IndiaMSP set for kharif crops far lower than the cost of production: states write to the CentreStates including Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Maharashtra have told the Centre that kharif MSPs fall well below their cost of production and asked for higher rates.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers dismiss Centre’s offer to put the farm laws on hold for a yearFarm unions under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha rejected the Centre's offer to put the farm laws on hold, repeating their demand for full repeal and a law on MSP.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers announced Bharat Bandh on December 8: threatened to block the exit and entry points to DelhiProtesting farmer unions called a Bharat Bandh for 8 December and said they would block entry and exit points to Delhi, while transporters' body AIMTC threatened a north India shutdown.
- Policy & trade, IndiaAmul criticises companies selling almond, soybean and oat drinks as milkAmul has asked FSSAI to stop makers of plant-based drinks such as almond and soybean beverages using the word milk, as the regulator considers a draft rule on the term.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUS, EU, Canada question India’s agricultural trade practices in WTOAt a WTO agriculture committee meeting, the US, EU and Canada asked India about rice exports from public stocks, input subsidies, loan waivers and PM-KISAN eligibility.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaCM Khattar’s attempt to maintain a pro-Dalit stance amongst the protesting farmersA khap panchayat backed by Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to peacefully oppose Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar's April 14 visit to Badoli village in Sonepat for a programme marking Ambedkar's birth anniversary.