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Farmers Protest
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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers demand guaranteed law of assured MSP for 26 cropsAfter rejecting the government's written proposal, farm unions demanded repeal of the farm laws and a law guaranteeing procurement of 26 crops at MSP, and opened toll plazas for 24 hours.
- Policy & trade, DelhiDelhi CM under house arrest, claims AAP; rebuttal by Delhi PoliceAAP said Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was put under house arrest after meeting protesting farmers at the Singhu border, a claim Delhi Police denied.
- Policy & trade, IndiaProtesting unions seek unconditional release of arrested farmers; send plea to the PresidentThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha has written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking the unconditional release of arrested farmers and the withdrawal of what it calls false cases.
- Policy & trade, India‘Agriculture can’t be run sitting in Delhi’ says Sharad PawarNCP chief Sharad Pawar criticised the Centre for not consulting state governments before passing the three farm laws, saying agriculture cannot be run by sitting in Delhi.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarm unions seek help from UNHRC and intervention on farmers’ arrestsThe farm unions' legal cell wrote to the UN human rights office in India seeking intervention over arrests of protesting farmers and internet shutdowns at protest sites.
- Policy & trade, IndiaRakesh Tikait to travel to 5 states to gather support for the farmers’ protestBKU leader Rakesh Tikait planned a March tour of farmers' meetings in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana to build support for the protest.
- Policy & trade, IndiaTalks between government and farmers remained inconclusive for the ninth time in a rowTalks between the Centre and about 40 farmer unions again ended without agreement, with the government ready to amend the farm laws but not repeal them. The next round is set for January 19.
- Policy & trade, Uttar PradeshGhazipur border tensions: farmers’ protestFarmers at the Delhi-UP Ghazipur border refused a Ghaziabad administration ultimatum to vacate the site after the Republic Day tractor rally, as police deployed heavy security.
- Policy & trade, IndiaSC shows faith in government, refuses to entertain pleas seeking enquiry into R-Day violenceThe Supreme Court declined on February 3 to intervene over violence during the farmers' Republic Day tractor rally, saying it was confident the government was enquiring into it.
- Policy & trade, IndiaIn the wake of another looming protest, Centre opens its doors to farmers for discussion on farm lawsMinisters Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal said the Centre is ready to talk to farmers about the farm laws and that MSP procurement will continue, citing higher paddy purchases.