Farmers start hunger strike to pressure govt on farm law rollback

By: Manoj Kumar (Reuters) New Delhi: Farmers’ leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws...

Union Cabinet approves Rs 3,500 cr sugar export subsidy for 2020-21

PTI New Delhi: The government on Wednesday approved a subsidy of Rs 3,500 crore to sugar mills for the export of 60 lakh tonnes of...

Why India’s farmers are blocking roads and not budging? Explained here.

By Pratik Parija , Bibhudatta Pradhan , and Archana Chaudhary (Bloomberg) New Delhi: As India’s virus numbers swell and the economy stumbles, Prime Minister Narendra...

Pesticide Management Bill 2020: Will it empower India’s farmers?

By: Gunavant Patil Getting growth back on track with agriculture is the need of the moment, especially as ‘Make in India’ to ‘Make for the...

Farmers vow to step up protests, reject government appeal to lift blockade

Reuters New Delhi: Thousands of protesting Indian farmers refused to comply with a government appeal to stop blockading major highways into New Delhi on Sunday...

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