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Bill repealing three farm laws gets President Ram Nath Kovind nod

On Monday, it took Parliament all of 12 minutes to scrap the three farm laws

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President Ram Nath Kovind

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President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent to a Bill wpassed by Parliament to repeal three farm laws. 

On Monday, it took Parliament all of 12 minutes to scrap the three farm laws against which farmers have been agitating for the past year leading to the deaths of 750 of them. On November 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a surprise announcement to scrap the three laws after a year of protests by farm unions. 

The three laws were The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion

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