SC-appointed panel holds first meeting on new farm laws in New Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 19 (UNI) The first meeting of the Committee, appointed by the Supreme Court to deliberate with concerned stakeholders on the recently-notified three Farm Laws, was held on Tuesday.
The three-member committee consists of Agriculture Economist Ashok Gulati, leading Agricultural Scientist Dr Pramod Kumar Joshi and Shetkari Sanghatana president Anil Ghanwat.
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Bhupinder Singh Mann, however, had recused himself from the panel last week.
The Supreme Court had, on January 12, suspended the implementation of three farm laws until further orders and constituted the four-member committee, to understand the ground situation and get a clear picture about the laws.
WFP Chad Country Brief, December 2020
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In Numbers
114,767 mt of food assistance distributed USD 2.4 m cash-based transfers made USD 45.5 m six months (January – June 2021) net funding requirements 613,632 people assisted in December 2020
Operational Updates
• Due to recent spikes in COVID-19 cases particularly in N’Djamena, on 31 December the Chadian Government imposed new COVID-19 measures, specifically on the capital city, valid until 7 January.
The capital city is under lockdown with the borders closed from the rest of the country. The airport in N’Djamena is shut down as of 4 January 2021. All businesses and stores including restaurants are closed except for those providing essential services. The new curfew is from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. WFP country office in N’Djamena is still in operation with some constraints, while all field offices are operational as usual.
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The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the aspersions cast by some farmers unions on members of the court-appointed committee to resolve the impasse over new farm laws and said it has not given any adjudicating authority to the panel.
The Centre, meanwhile, withdrew its petition seeking injunction against the proposed tractor rally by farmers on the Republic Day after the apex court said it was police matter. On the issue pertaining to the committee, a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it had appointed experts in the panel as the judges are not experts on the subject.
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