The resignation of Union Minister Harsimrat Badal indicates an unusually strong stance by his party, Shiromani Akali Dal, against an initiative by his longtime ally, the BJP. His resignation was to protest against three ordinances: Agricultural and Agricultural Trade (Promotion and Facilitation)…
read moreThree agricultural reform bills The 2020 bill on agricultural trade and commerce (promotion and facilitation); The Agreement on Price Insurance and Agricultural Services for Farmers (Empowerment and Protection), 2020 and the Essential Products (Amendment) Bill, 2020, were introduced to Parliament on September…
read moreOn Thursday, farmers’ organizations in Haryana defied ban orders imposed amid the pandemic to stage a protest at the Pipli grain wholesale market, near Kurukshetra. They even blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh national road for a few hours, when the police initially did not…
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