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Why experts believe the new agricultural laws are beneficial – but farmers don’t Farmers and their leaders can ‘smell the political intent’ of the laws, which they fear will leave them at the mercy of corporations. A farmer protests on Delhi's Ghazipur border. | PTI On a recent discussion on NDTV about the controversial new farm laws, activist Yogendra Yadav noted that some well-meaning agricultural experts who supported the new legislations were reading them “somewhat innocently”. But farmers and their leaders could “smell the political intent of the laws”...

Farmers' protest | Shetkari Sanghatan urges Centre not to withdraw agri reform laws, suggests amendments States and not Centre should have the authority to decide on APMCs and contract farming, the farmers' group says. (Image: Reuters) As the deadlock between farmers' bodies and PM Narendra Modi-led Union government continues over the three contentious farm laws, Shetkari Sanghatan (SS) has requested the Centre not to withdraw the agricultural reform laws. Instead, the Sharad Joshi-founded organisation has asked the central government to make amendments to the laws to address the demands ...

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, December 19 BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh is confident that the party will form the next government in Punjab. Talking to The Tribune on issues ranging from the ongoing farmer agitation to the BJP’s relationship with the Akalis and its future plans in Punjab, the senior leader says “preparations have started on a war footing to contest all 117 Vidhan Sabha seats in 2022”. Q: As a BJP leader from Punjab, do you think the Centre misjudged the underlying anger among farmers on the three laws? A: Nothing of the sort. Discussions on reforms in agricultur...

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Thursday accorded initial approvals to military acquisition plans worth Rs 28,000 crore, including the major indigenous project to develop six airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to boost surveillance capabilities along the China and Pakistan borders. The Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisitions Council also gave the “acceptance of necessity (AoN)” for 11 next-generation offshore patrol vessels (around Rs 9,000 crore), 38 extended 400-km range Brah-Mos supersonic cruise missiles (Rs 1,800 crore) and shipborne unmanned aerial systems for t...

The new rules have impacted procurement inside markets in Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal: Wholesale agriculture markets, or mandis, in Madhya Pradesh will remain open, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserted Wednesday, offering assurances to farmers from the state who are among those protesting against the centre's three contentious farm laws. Addressing a farmers' meet in Rewa district, the Chief Minister insisted mandis would remain open and that the centre's laws were only meant to help farmers secure better prices for their crop. "Even if someone sells their produce outside the mandi we...