Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire “I am a farmer” is a training program as part of ITC Foods’ corporate social responsibility program to empower women farmers in India, known as “Farmerettes”, a term that is rarely known to the general public 600 farmhouses People from across Karnataka have been given comprehensive skill development training … Read more
Farmers, who resumed their march towards Delhi on March 6, will hold a four-hour “rail roko” agitation across the country on Sunday. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have called for the agitation to continue advancing their demands to the Centre. The ‘rail roko’ protest, which will be held between 12 pm … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed withdrawal of a petition seeking directions to the Center to give due consideration to the demands of protesting farmers, even as it warned that petitions on such “serious” issues should not be brought to the public. Supreme Court of India. (ANI data map) A bench of Justices Surya Kant … Read more
Chandigarh BJP chief Jatinder Malhotra on Sunday faced backlash after he posted a tweet targeting protesting farmers. Farmers staged ‘Delhi Chalo’ march near the border of Shambhu, Punjab and Haryana in Patiala district. (PTI) “Farmers must know they don’t deserve anything but still #Modi sarkar approved $It is proposed to allocate Rs 24,420 crore to … Read more
Farm leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday announced that the protesting farmers will resume their agitation through a nationwide ‘Rail Roko’ campaign on March 10 from 12 noon to 4 pm. Protesting farmers camping at border points between Punjab and Haryana will begin their march towards Delhi in a “peaceful manner” … Read more
BSF Jammu Border Inspector General DK Boora on Thursday allayed the concerns of Indian farmers over harvesting crops from farmlands outside the India-Pakistan international border fence. BSF IG DK Boora at an event in Jammu on Thursday. (HT photo) The BSF IG is visiting a forward village in Samba district to congratulate a man, Bhagwan … Read more
Concrete barricades and barbed wire surrounded the EU headquarters on Monday as farmers angry about red tape and competition from cheap imports drove their tractors into Brussels in another show of force at a meeting of EU agriculture ministers. Dozens of tractors lined with flags and banners disrupted city traffic. (Reuters) Police in riot gear … Read more
In Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Baghpat, Hapur and Amroha, farmers paraded on tractors and parked their tractors, blocking the left lane of the highway, leading to Traffic is disrupted. Farmers and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) activists crowd NH 58 at Mohiuddinpur in Meerut (HT Photo) In Meerut, farmers and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) activists blocked NH … Read more
If you find economics difficult to grasp and its agricultural subset confusing, let me try to introduce you to the views on both sides of the sharp divide on whether the minimum support price should be legally binding and how it is calculated. Infosys Professor Ashok Gulati, ICRIER Agriculture, bases his stance on certain facts. … Read more
Fearing that the Punjab government might conduct an autopsy without registering those responsible for his death, farmers started vigil at the mortuary of the government Rajindra Hospital, where the body of Shubh Karan Singh was kept. Farmers stage candle march in support of protesting farmer Shubh Karan Singh, 22, at Kanauli border during ‘Delhi Chalo’ … Read more