Govt statement says Punjab to provide MSP on 113 crops; minister clarifies ‘may make a plan’
Expressing concern over the loss of lives of over 700 farmers during the agitation against the farm laws, the minister said the Punjab government has provided jobs to the kin of victims in 157 cases and is also considering the request of farm bodies to offer jobs to the family members of another 122. Punjab […]Read More
Explained: What meeting MSP demand would cost govt
The unions want the Modi government to enact legislation conferring mandatory status to MSP, rather than just being an indicative or desired price. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the Centre would table the bill to repeal its three contentious farm laws “on the very first day” of the Parliament’s winter session starting November […]Read More
Centre to introduce Bill in Lok Sabha Monday to repeal contentious farm laws
The Bill says although ‘only a group of farmers are protesting against these laws, the government has tried hard to sensitise the farmers on the importance of the farm laws and explain the merits through several meetings and other forums’ The central government will introduce a new Bill to repeal the three contentious agriculture laws […]Read More
Opinion: Kejriwal And Punjab – 4 Big Factors AAP Needs To Address
The three farm laws have finally been withdrawn. The Prime Minister himself announced this in his address to the nation on Friday on the occasion of Gurpurab. But instead of welcoming the initiative, farmers are still on the warpath. They have categorically stated six more demands and had a mammoth Kisan Mahapanchayat in Lucknow. It was expected […]Read More
Centre will end MSP, Sidhu warns farmers
Sidhu on Friday dubbed Modi’s announcement of repealing the three farm laws a “step in the right direction”, but had also stressed the MSP was a bigger issue than the farm laws. Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu Sunday warned against the Centre’s “sinister” plan to end assured price, food security for the poor, government […]Read More
The Leaders Who Shaped, Guided and Sustained the Farmers’ Movement
The yearlong movement could survive due to the overwhelming support it received. Here are some of the people who were responsible for securing it. A former solider, a doctor, a psephologist, a Jat leader, a women’s rights activist are just some of those who brought the mighty Modi government to its knees. Some of them […]Read More
Why the Rollback of Farm Laws May Not Pay Off for BJP in Punjab Elections
The BJP might be disappointed if it thinks the repeal of farm laws will shore up its prospects in Punjab, for many see it as a victory of the farmers’ long-drawn struggle. In a landmark announcement on Friday morning, Prime Minister Modi announced the repeal of three draconian farm laws. This is the result of […]Read More
Farmers Say Protests To Go On Till Laws Repealed, Demand Price Guarantees
Farmers Protest: The official withdrawal of the laws can take place only when parliament’s Winter Session begins at the end of this month. Farmers at the Delhi borders have said that say their protests will continue till the formal cancellation of the three contentious farm laws, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday. They have […]Read More
Charanjit Channi Asks Farmers To Remain “Cautious” Till Farm Laws Are Repealed
The PM on Friday had announced that his government had decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday asked farmers to be cautious till the Centre’s farm laws are repealed, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]Read More
Punjab adds another chapter in its long tradition of peasant struggles
Despite split after split in organisations, state repression, agrarian crisis and a wave of suicides, struggle was one thing the farmers of Punjab never forgot in the past more than 100 years Last year, a young farmer leader at the Tikri border motivated the farmers saying “we have to continue the struggle so that we don’t forget […]Read More
