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2020 Flashback: 12 stories, 12 months that changed India forever 2020 Flashback: 12 stories, 12 months that changed India forever By any standards, 2020 will forever be remembered as the bearer of a global economic meltdown brought about by a deadly contagion -- the novel coronavirus. Here is an attempt to look back at events and stories that captured the attention of Indians this year. advertisement [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] (Photo Credits: PTI) To describe 2020 as yet another year would be a gre...

Maharashtra: Relief for onion farmers as Centre lifts ban on export after over 3 months This comes even as the average traded price of onions in various markets of Nashik, in Maharashtra, is hovering around Rs 2,500 per quintal, with retail prices ranging from Rs 30 to Rs 40 per kg. Updated: December 29, 2020 12:05:42 am Farmers’ organisations in Maharashtra expressed disappointment over the Union Budget.(Representational) Ahead of the arrival of the new c...

Decluttering the new farm laws (1) December 28, 2020, 11:06 PM IST The writer is Director General, Federation of Seed Industry of India The agricultural marketing reforms brought about by the government through two new laws and an amendment to the existing Essential Commodities Act are in the right direction. Farmer has been shackled through mandated selling of his produce through the APMC mandis which made his price discovery poor and his profits low. ...

24082 19 REAPING DIVIDENDS: The transformative reforms are intended to put more money in the farmers’ pockets. Tribune photo Hardeep S Puri Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation SOME acts and deeds are of such a profound quality that they can have the effect of changing the course of history. Yet, these do not always resonate in our consciousness. The martyrdom of the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji is a case in point. Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada...

Why farmers have rejected govt’s offer on agri laws Why farmers have rejected govt’s offer on agri laws Farmers have rejected the central govternment’s offer on agri laws. They have listed out their conditions for resuming talks with the government to end the farm stir. advertisement UPDATED: December 25, 2020 00:49 IST The Samyukt Kisan Morcha leaders have hardened their position over the three farm laws in a sharp comeback at the central government. (Photo: PTI) There is no breakthrough...

Inside the farmer disquiet at Delhi’s doorstep Lakhbir Singh, 80, from Tarn Taran in Punjab is among thousands of farmers who have made the national highways bordering Delhi their home for close to a month 9 min read The protesting farmers have rejected all offers by the government. What will make them change their mind? Farmers from Punjab and Haryana, for now, are unwilling to trade the assured prices guaranteed by the MSP regime for the uncertainty that free markets may bring. Share Via Re...

Author of the article: Calgary Herald Publishing date: Dec 24, 2020  •  December 24, 2020  •  2 minute read  •  The Canadian oil industry is widely expected to pour billions into emissions reducing technology in the coming years after Ottawa last week announced it would hike its carbon tax by more than 500 per cent. Photo by Vincent McDermott/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network Article content PM out of touch with carbon tax Re: How Alberta Needs to Unite Opposition to the Cr...

7 reasons for backing farmers against farm laws KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 12:19:03 AM NEW DELHI, Dec 22: Barun Mitra, a Delhi-based activist associated last year with the farmers protests in Akola district of Maharashtra under the banner of the Sharad Joshi-founded Shetkari Sanghatana and former MP Bhupinder Singh Mann-led Bhartiya Kisan Union in Hisar district of Haryana against the government curbs on the genetically modified (GM) crops, says the farmers staging demonstrations at De...

India is an agricultural economy with 67% of its population, which equals to 900 million people, dependent on the public distribution system (PDS). The new farm laws which affect more than half of the population of india need to be discussed and the protest by the stakeholders themselves are justified in every sense. Besides the public distribution system all of us depend on price control mechanism over food. That is one of the reasons why we are all conditioned to protest against the governmen...

Regrettably, the three Bills were passed on a Sunday (September 20) by a voice vote despite a request for an actual vote. The demand by the Opposition for discussion was also turned down. At the heart of a constitutional democracy based on the Westminster model is the importance of Parliament, which is the fountainhead of all laws. The ruling party undoubtedly commands a majority and has the right to implement the promises it has made in its manifesto. But, “Parliament” includes the Opposit...