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Centre Orders Immediate Procurement of Paddy/Rice in Punjab Amid Protests 2020-09-26 13:32:11
The Kharif marketing season for the session 2020-21 is all set to begin in the coming weeks in all the procuring states but the Centre asked the Punjab government to start procuring from Saturday itself. In the wake of farmers’...
Keywords: farm bills, Kharif, farm bills, farm bills
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Why Farmers and Politicians are Against Modi's Farm Laws? 2020-09-22 15:15:27
Parliament has approved two farm bills which the government says would unshackle the farmers from having to sell their produce at wholesale prices. PM Modi’s cabinet in June had issued emergency orders to change the longstanding rules in the agricultural...
Keywords: wholesale markets, wholesale markets, produce, farmers
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8 Rajya Sabha MP's Suspended from Upper House, Here's Why 2020-09-22 09:41:41
Derek, Sanjay Singh, Rajeev Satav, Ripun Biren, Elamaram Kareem, K K Ragesh, Syed Nazir Hussain, and Dola Sen were suspended from the Upper House. Citing unruly behavior during the passing of farm bills, eight MPs were suspended on September 20....
Keywords: opposition, ruckus, upper house, parliament
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Farmers Intensify Protests Over Passing Of New Farm Bills 2020-09-25 10:52:58
Modi and some of the ministers defended the bills by saying that this move would allow farmers to sell their products to institutional buyers like Walmart. Indian farmers have intensified the protests over three bills as they believe that these...
Keywords: farm bills, farm bills, Congress, Congress
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