As is usual with the Budgets of the Narendra Modi government, the one that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled in Parliament on Monday has an eye set on the forthcoming Assembly polls. The Budget has allocated funds for road construction in four poll-bound states and a Union Territory Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry and also for the welfare of tea garden workers in Bengal and Assam. The BJP had swept the Lok Sabha seats in 2019 in north Bengal, home to tea gardens, and the party continues to remain popular there as well, as in Upper Assam. The BJP would try retain Assam, and hopes to wrest Bengal from the ruling Trinamool Congress, but is expected to remain a marginal player in the other three. The polls are due in April-May.
Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 16:12 IST
Tikait said that there should be a separate budget for the agriculture sector, adding that as farmers are facing tough times the government should also waive the loans of farmers. BKU leader Rakesh Tikait | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: On Budget day, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the government should provide a separate budget for farmers to address various issues of the farming community. He also sought a waiver of agricultural loans of farmers.
Speaking at the Ghazipur border where farmers have been protesting for the last two months against the newly enacted farm laws, Tikait said that there should be a separate budget for the agriculture sector, adding that as farmers are facing tough times the government should also waive the loans of farmers.
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Farmer protests on, President says government respects Supreme Court order to suspend farm laws
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“My government has always respected freedom of expression and holding of peaceful agitations in a democratic setup. However, the recent acts of dishonouring the national flag and showing disrespect to the auspicious occasion of Republic Day are unfortunate. While the Constitution gives us the right to freedom of expression it is also expected that we abide by the laws and rules with equal sincerity,” Kovind said.
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NEW DELHI: With the farmers’ agitation showing no signs of ending, President Ram Nath Kovind has said the government will abide by the Supreme Court decision to stay implementation of the three farm laws even as it tries to dispel wrong perceptions about them.
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Thanjavur District Cauvery Farmers Protection Association has urged the Union government to extend benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to tenant farmers also.
In a statement, Association secretary Sundara Vimalanathan said nearly 40 lakh farmers, cultivating various crops and agriculture/horticulture produces on the lands taken on lease by them from Hindu temples, mutts, choultries, mosques/dargahs, churches and other charitable trusts have not been covered under the scheme where ₹6,000 was given as financial assistance annually.
It also sought doubling of the assistance and a monthly pension of ₹4,500 for the farmhands aged 60 years and above.