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Centre proposes GST-like panel to push lapsed farm reforms

In June, the agriculture ministry, soon after the Modi government returned to power for a third time, had formed a panel headed by additional secretary Faiz Ahmed Kidwai to prepare a draft national policy framework on agricultural marketing. (ANI PHOTO)
india news
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 06:09 am IST

Farmers end 18-month stir outside DC office in Ferozepur

On Tuesday evening, two farmers Dara Singh, 77, and Ranjit Singh ended their hunger strike after the district administration agreed to their demands. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Oct 24, 2024 06:08 am IST

Centre proposes committee to review farm laws, rules out repeal

The ministers shared meals with farmers during a lunch break after the first round of talks, presenting a picture of bonhomie amid the tough negotiations.
india news
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 06:18 pm IST

3 union ministers, 40 farm leaders in huddle over Central farm acts

Farmers say the reforms would make them vulnerable to exploitation by big corporations and erode the government’s procurement system, whereby the government buys staples, such as wheat and rice, at guaranteed rates, known as minimum support prices (MSP). (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 03:08 pm IST

Farm talks: No end in sight yet

Farm unions want the government to adopt a comprehensive measure of cultivation costs that includes the imputed cost of capital and the rent on the land, called “C2” in economic parlance.
editorials
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 07:03 am IST

Odisha assembly session begins next week; 2 farm, 1 labour bill on agenda

The assembly session would be very short in view of the rising infections among the MLAs and ministers with half of the 147 members of the Assembly testing positive for Covid-19. (HT File photo)
india news
Updated on Sept 25, 2020 11:24 pm IST

Cong leaders protest against farm bills outside Panchkula DC’s office

Congress leaders protesting against the farm bills outside the DC’s office in Panchkula.
chandigarh news
Updated on Sept 21, 2020 11:21 pm IST

Those opting for contract farming are not engaged in commercial activity: Top court

When confronted with a large company, such farmers qualify for all protections under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the Supreme Court verdict delivered on March 6 said.
india news
Published on Mar 15, 2020 11:25 pm IST

Uttarakhand may lease out empty land to foreign investors to boost farm production

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is on record saying that plans were afoot to “lease out the agricultural land in the hills lying fallow and abandoned as their owners have migrated”.
dehradun news
Published on Sept 15, 2018 12:52 am IST

Contract farming can revive India’s agriculture

The new Contract Farming Model Act, 2018, aims to create a regulatory body to enforce contracts. Under the current system, the farmer is paid only after the crop has been harvested and sold, leaving him at the mercy of the company’s discretion
analysis
Updated on Jul 02, 2018 05:18 pm IST

UP government to provide RuPay credit cards to 90 lakh farmers

UP government has decided to provide RuPay credit cards by seeking help of NABARD.
lucknow news
Published on Jun 06, 2018 03:35 pm IST
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