CM JAGAN REACHES OUT TO CYCLONE-HIT FARMERS, RELEASES FUNDS UNDER WELFARE PLAN

30 Dec 2020

HYDERABAD: The Jaganmohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government released the third tranche of ‘YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan’ of Rs 1,120 crore, along with the compensation of Rs 646 crore input subsidy for crops damaged during ‘Cyclone Nivar’. The government had depositeda total of Rs 1,766 crore in the farmers’ accounts. The...

Leaders of 25 farmer groups meet Tomar, support new farm laws

29 Dec 2020

Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest on Delhi’s borders, representatives of around 25 farmer organisations on Monday gave a memorandum to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in support of the new farm laws. “Today representatives from different farmers’ organisations from all over the country gave memorandum in support of the...

Stop maligning farmers’ genuine fight for justice: Capt Amarinder to BJP

28 Dec 2020

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that the BJP should stop maligning the farmers and their genuine fight for justice by calling them offensive names like “Urban Naxals”, “Khalistanis”, “Hooligans”, etc. “If the BJP cannot distinguish between anguished citizens fighting for their survival and terrorists/militants/hooligans, it...

PM MODI TO INTERACT WITH FARMERS TODAY, TOP MINISTERS TO CAMP ACROSS COUNTRY

25 Dec 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers are leaving no stone unturned to reach out to farmers across the country with a message that the new farm laws are only meant to benefit them. Keeping this in mind, PM Modi will interact with farmers from six states on...

THE FARMERS’ AGITATION AND JUDICIAL OVERLOAD

24 Dec 2020

Bad governance overburdens the judiciary with unnecessary and avoidable litigation. Within a fortnight, two Supreme Court benches—the first led by Justice Nageshwar Rao and the second headed by Justice Sanjay K. Kaul—indicted the government for repeatedly ignoring directions given to it by constitutional administrative bodies like the CAT on providing...

Farmer leaders from UP, Delhi meet Tomar, extend support to farm laws

23 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: Members of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Noida, and Indian Kisan Union, New Delhi, on Tuesday met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and said that the new farm laws were in the interest of farmers and should not be taken back. The minister said in tweets that the delegations...

FARMERS TO GO ON 24-HR RELAY HUNGER STRIKE, URGE PEOPLE TO SKIP ONE MEAL ON KISAN DIWAS

21 Dec 2020

Taking a further stringent posture against the Centre’s farm laws, farmer unions on Sunday announced a 24-hour relay hunger strike starting from Monday, and appealed to citizens to skip a meal on 23 December on the occasion of ‘Kisan Diwas’. While addressing a press conference at the Singhu border, Swaraj...

IF GOVT TAKES TWO STEPS BACK, SO WILL FARMERS: TIKAIT

18 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: Farmers who have been staging protests on Delhi’s borders for the past 22 days against the three farm laws have supported the Supreme Court’s remarks on Thursday and said that if the government retreats two steps, so will the farmers. Bharatiya Kisan Union national president Naresh Tikait told...

TDP FLAYS YSRCP GOVT FOR ‘BETRAYING FARMERS’

17 Dec 2020

AMARAVATI: While the YSRCP proudly speaks about the Polavaram project completion, crop insurance and milk revolution in Andhra Pradesh, the Opposition TDP criticises it by saying it is cheating the public. TDP national spokesman Kommareddy Pattabhi accused the YCP government of telling lies to the farmers with respect to the...

SC SENDS NOTICES TO CENTRE AND STATES, TO FORM NEGOTIATION COMMITTEE

17 Dec 2020

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh regarding a batch of pleas seeking a direction to the authorities to immediately remove the farmers who are protesting at several border points of Delhi against the three...