Farmers Agitation

Will soon constitute committee to resolve grievances of farmers: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would soon constitute a multi-member committee to amicably resolve the grievances of farmers "for all times". A bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, which posted the matter for further hearing on September 2, asked the Punjab and Haryana governments to give tentative issues concerning farmers to the committee. The Punjab government informed the top court that in compliance with the August 12 order of the apex court, they held a meeting with the protesting farmers in which they had agreed to partially open the blocked highway. The bench asked the Punjab and Haryana governments to keep engaging with protesting farmers and persuade them to remove their tractors and trollies from the highway. On August 12, the top court asked the Punjab government to persuade the farmers protesting at the Shambhu border since February 13 to remove tractors and trollies from the road, saying that "highways are not parking ...

Exit polls: Will farmers' anger reflect in results in Haryana, and Punjab?

These two states were at the centre of the farmers' agitation in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term

54 trains on Ambala-Amritsar route cancelled as farmers protest continues

A total of 54 trains on the Ambala-Amritsar route were cancelled on Saturday as farmers squatted on tracks at the Shambhu railway station in Punjab's Patiala district for the fourth day, officials said. The protestors have been demanding the release of three farmers arrested by the Haryana Police during the ongoing stir. As many as 54 trains were cancelled on Saturday because of the farmers' protest, railway officials said. The protest has affected the movement of 380 trains in the last three days, causing inconvenience to passengers, they added. The farmers have been protesting under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) in Patiala district's Shambhu. They began their protest for the release of arrested farmers on Wednesday by squatting on the tracks on the Ambala-Ludhiana-Amritsar route in Shambhu near the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the protest will continue until the three farmers are released

Birender, Brijendra's BJP exit puts spotlight back on farmers' agitation

Birender believes the farmers' issues have not been resolved to this day, says wife Prem Lata

Govt open for talks with farmers, solution needs to be found: Arjun Munda

The government is open for talks with protesting farmers but no meeting has been fixed as yet, Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday said, adding that a solution needs to be found soon. The minister was speaking on the sidelines of the 95th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Society. When asked about plan to hold the next round of talks with the farmer groups, Munda said, "nothing as of now". However, he said that talks will be held as a solution need to be found. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops and farm loan waiver. In the fourth round of talks with the farmer leaders on Februray 18, a panel of three Union ministers proposed that government agencies would buy pulses, maize and cotton at the MSP for five years after entering

Farmers, trade unions call for 'Gramin Bharat Bandh' on Feb 16. Details

Gramin Bharat Bandh is scheduled to be observed from 6 am to 4 pm, with farmers participating in 'chakka jam' on major roads across India on February 16

Centre to buy mustard directly from farmers at MSP to stabilize prices

Interestingly, the demand by the farmers also comes days before thousands of growers are planning another round of march to the national capital later this month demanding legalizing MSP

Farmers create chaos outside EU summit, wrest some promises of relief

Farmers burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police and wrested some promises of relief from European leaders on Thursday, the culmination of weeks of protests across the continent over excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. Eager to reassure a key part of the electorate and end disruptions in several cities, leaders at a European Union summit in Brussels showered the farmers with compliments and compassion if few concrete proposals. In France, the government did make significant concessions enough that two major farmers' union promised to suspend the chokehold their tractors have placed on Paris for days. For weeks, farmers have complained that it's becoming harder than ever to make a decent living as energy and fertiliser costs surge because of Russia's war in Ukraine, more and cheaper farm imports enter the bloc, and climate change-fuelled droughts, floods or fires destroy crops. Their protests have snarled traffic in cities, preventing millions

Farmers agitation will intensify across country from Jan 26: Rakesh Tikait

Prominent farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday announced the farmers movement would be intensified across the country from January 26.

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait to meet farmers in Buxar today

'I am going to Chausa in Buxar district in support of our farmer brothers and sisters. They were brutally assaulted by the local police on the night of January 11'

Rakesh Tikait warns of another farmer agitation, questions Agnipath scheme

He has asked farmers to remain united and be ready for a movement, if they wanted to protect their lives and land

Samyukta Kisan Morcha to meet today; will discuss legal guarantee for MSP

Legal guarantee for minimum support price and government's "inaction" in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case are among the issues on the agenda of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's meeting on Tuesday

Laddoo, bhangra mark farm law protest anniversary at Singhu border

Thousands of them flocked to the site over the last few days

Haryana govt transfers Karnal SDM days after his 'break their heads' remark

Haryana government transferred 19 IAS officers, including Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha, who was recently caught on tape allegedly telling policemen dealing with a farmers' protest to "break their heads"

DDMA allows farmers to stage protest at Jantar Mantar from July 22-Aug 9

A group of 200 farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from the Singhu border in buses with a police escort and hold protests there from 11 am to 5 pm

US supports India's agri laws, remains silent on farmers' protests

Delhi police cites Greta's tweets in FIR; Oppn MPs stopped from meeting protesters

Farmer bodies unite for protest March to mark one month of Mandsaur firing

Representatives from almost 200 small and big farmers' organisations have decided to organize a march from Mandsaur - the place where five farmers were killed in police firing earlier this month-on July 6.The march which will be held to commemorate one month of police firing on agitating farmers in Mandsaur will pass through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana before culminating in a rally in capital Delhi on July 18.The farmers are demanding among other things right price for their produce on the lines of recommendations made by MS Swami Nathan Committee, a waiver of farm loans, ensuring that farmers remain debt free.Around 200 big and small farmers organisations had formed a group after the June 06, firing on agitating farmers of Mandsaur which killed five people. Once person succumbed to his injuries few days later. The killings sparked off a nationwide outrage and brought issues concerning the farmers to the forefront. Five state governments .

Farmers block highways in several states as part of their stir

Though full-fledged sowing is yet to take place. the initial signals are not very encouraging

With farmers' strike on mind, Centre directs seed firms to lower MRP by 10%

The decision was welcomed with guarded optimism by some farmer groups

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