September 15, 2021 7:37 am
The Ministry said, “Based on these pilot projects farmers will be able to make informed decisions on what crop to grow, what variety of seed to use, and what best practices to adopt to maximise the yield.”
June 26, 2021 8:47 pm
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various Delhi border points, claimed that farmers were detained in states like Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana during the protests.
February 06, 2021 9:27 am
“The farmers are agitating. People of one state are victims of misunderstanding. This is an issue in only one state. Farmers were misled by being told that these laws will take away their land… Tell me one provision in the contract farming Act about this,” he said.
December 31, 2020 12:37 pm
There was no headway on the demands to repeal the three newly enacted farm laws and provide legal guarantee on the MSP or minimum support price. These will be discussed when the two sides meet again next week.
December 14, 2020 10:41 pm
The farmer union leaders claimed that more people are expected to join the ongoing agitation, which has now entered its third week.
November 13, 2018 8:35 pm
The move was necessitated following the demise of Ananth Kumar on Monday. He was holding the charge of both the ministries of parliamentary affairs and chemicals and fertilisers.
September 07, 2014 1:44 am
The steel companies are already combating severe paucity of iron ore owing to mining curbs imposed in some states.
May 15, 2014 12:16 am
The only other BJP leader who humoured the media after April 24 was minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, also active on Facebook and Twitter, by commenting on “national issues’’ like Robert Vadra, Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi.
October 31, 2013 3:46 am
State unit forwards list of probables to central election committee for approval.
October 11, 2013 1:46 am
Congress has issued an appeal to local media to carry speculative items based on hearsay about the selection of candidates.