Topic
Farm laws
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshUnder Kisan Kalyan Mission, Yogi government to felicitate 100 progressive farmers in each districtUttar Pradesh will honour 100 progressive farmers in each district under its Kisan Kalyan Mission, with farmers' fairs to explain the new farm laws and central schemes.
- Policy & trade, IndiaSC steps in to break the deadlock between the Centre and the farmers on the new farm lawsThe Supreme Court put the three farm laws on hold and set up an expert committee, but farmer unions rejected the panel as pro-government and said they would accept only repeal.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanFarmer leader Rakesh Tikait’s convoy attacked, 16 including an ABVP leader arrestedBKU leader Rakesh Tikait's convoy was attacked in Alwar, Rajasthan, and police arrested 16 people on an FIR naming 33, with charges including attempt to murder.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers reject proposal of government; to continue protestFarm unions rejected the Centre's written proposal on the three farm laws as vague, demanded repeal and announced highway blockades and a toll-free day on December 12.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers protest to intensify: they announced a series of events from Feb 23The Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced protest days from 23 to 27 February to intensify the farmers' agitation against the farm laws, following the rail roko on 18 February.
- Policy & trade, PunjabRailways incur huge loss in Punjab protest; amount mounts up to Rs 1,200 croreRailways say blockades by farmers protesting the farm laws in Punjab have cost over Rs 1,200 crore, with 2,225 freight rakes stalled and around 1,350 trains cancelled or diverted.
- Policy & trade, IndiaWomen from Punjab, Haryana marched to Delhi to participate in the farmers’ protest on Women’s DayThousands of women farmers from Punjab and Haryana travelled to the Delhi protest sites on International Women's Day to join the agitation against the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, RajasthanRajasthan government firm in its stand with farmers against Centre’s farm lawsRajasthan's Congress government decided to pass a Bill on October 31 against the Centre's three farm laws, while the state BJP said it would oppose it.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUnion ministry’s 16-point action plan to promote farm liberalisation and bring in development for the agriculture sectorThe budget's 16-point action plan for agriculture aims to liberalise the sector, and FSII's Shivendra Bajaj says the new farm laws free farmers to sell where they want.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers’ unions reject government offer to set up committeeFarm unions rejected the Centre's offer of a five-member committee to examine the new farm laws, and talks with three Union ministers ended without agreement.