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, 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, 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.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmer leaders decide to campaign against BJP, allies in poll-bound statesFarm union leaders said they would send teams to poll-bound states to urge voters to back candidates who can defeat the BJP, as protests against the farm laws continue.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaFarmers’ protest: farmers block KMP expressway in Haryana; traffic divertedSamyukt Kisan Morcha blocked the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway from Saturday morning to Sunday morning in protest against the farm laws, and Haryana Police told people to avoid the route.
- Policy & trade, IndiaBKU leader Tikait calls for ‘tractor revolution’; rejects NGT ban on diesel vehiclesBKU leader Rakesh Tikait urged tractor-owning farmers to join the protest against the farm laws, rejecting a 2014 NGT order barring diesel vehicles over 10 years old from Delhi-NCR roads.
- Policy & trade, PunjabTributes paid to the departed farmers of the farmers’ protestBKU (Ugrahan) held tribute programmes in 98 Punjab villages for 41 farmers who have died since September 15 as protests against the Centre's farm laws intensified.
- Policy & trade, PunjabStringent Bharat Bandh by farmers: highways and other roads blocked in Punjab and HaryanaFarmers blocked highways, roads and rail tracks in Punjab and Haryana during a Bharat Bandh from 6 am to 6 pm marking four months of protest against the farm laws.