Delhi Chalo March: The Cotton Corporation of India is poised to start the procurement of cotton from farmers at the MSP for a significant duration of five years, subject to the formalisation of a contractual agreement.
The Delhi Chalo agitation, which enters its sixth day on February 19, also involves farmers advocating for the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission s recommendations, pension for farmers and farm laborers, and the withdrawal of police cases
In today’s edition: Govt talks with farmers; what Pakistan election results mean; India’s big win against England; Hardeep Singh Puri at Idea Exchange; Indian entries at Berlinale; and more
Exclusive for Subscribers from Monday to Friday: Why different formulae to calculate production cost and “sudden flip-flop” of the pollution cycle are relevant to the UPSC Exam? What significance do topics like GSLV as ‘naughty boy’, bubonic plague and ‘New Service’ and ‘New Instruments of Service’ have for both the preliminary and main exams? You can learn more by reading the Indian Express UPSC Key for February 19, 2024.