“Media reports indicate that large steel rolling mills are preferring to export steel. They have booked orders for Europe, Middle East etc, which is one reason for shortage of steel in India. Thus companies are increasing prices at their will,” said Pankaj Sharma, general secretary of CICU. “Cost of steel prices is adding to cost of MSMEs and hence they will run into losses. MSMEs will not be able to book orders considering current raw material prices and a number of MSMEs will be forced to close due to this increase prices of basic raw material,” he added.
CICU said that export of steel should be banned for six months and there be no import duty on steel. Maximum incentive should be given under the stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to MSME, cartelisation should be controlled and betting/speculation in steel must be curbed by the government, added Sharma.
Punjab: Donation box in hand, kids collect funds for farmers’ stir
A few among them held A4 size sheets with messages in support of farmers and seeking repeal of the controversial farm laws. The group was led by Navkirat Kaur (8), a Class 4 student, who carried the donation box in her hands. December 21, 2020 3:22:37 am
Children walk the streets of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Mansa district to collect donations for the farmers’ agitation.
A group of ten children in Mansa’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar spent Saturday going from one house to another in their residential locality carrying a donation box that carried a simple message – ‘Kisan Andolan Layi Daan (donation for farmers’ protest)’. A few among them held A4 size sheets with messages in support of farmers and seeking repeal of the controversial farm laws. The group was led by Navkirat Kaur (8), a Class 4 student, who carried the donation box in her hands. Two kindergarten s
Arhtiyas slam I-T searches, to shut Punjab mandis this week in protest
The Federation of Arhtiya Associations of Punjab said the arhtiyas also plan to gherao the offices of tax officials and a “final plan of action” will be chalked out after consulting farm leaders. Updated: December 21, 2020 2:33:05 pm
The meeting of the Ahrityas executive body at Baghapurana constituency in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday.
AFTER INCOME Tax officials served notices to 14 top arhtiyas, or commission agents, in Punjab and conducted searches at premises linked to six of them over the last two days, a key umbrella group Sunday announced the closure of all mandis in the state from December 22 to 25 as a mark of protest against the action.
Kisan bhravan di sewa vich (in the service of farmer brothers)”.
“On December 7, close arhtiyas and labourers in 50 buses and 80 cars from Moga, Khanna, Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib districts reached Delhi and stayed there for two days. We handed over eatables and other stuff that we carried along at our tent before walking to farmers’ stage at Singhu. The district units of ahrtiyas have been donating money ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 21,000 and sometimes more,” added Kalra. “The arhtiyas going to the Singhu border carry with them bottled water (at least 100 crates each trip), food for self and dry ration for farmers”.
SC suggestion on farm laws: Farmer leaders mum, ‘will react only after consulting legal team’
The protesting farmer leaders welcomed the apex court s move to acknowledge the right of farmers to non-violent protests, but asserted that their agitation will continue until a concrete solution is found. Updated: December 18, 2020 1:07:32 pm
Reacting to the
Supreme Court’s suggestion to the Centre to put implementation of the farm laws on hold, all three platforms of farmer unions in Punjab have said that they will react to it only after consulting their legal team as well as the unions of other states.
Buta Singh Burjgill, President of BKU (Dakaunda), said, “Many lawyers are providing us services free of cost and they have supported our struggle since long. Hence they will study the document of the Supreme Court and accordingly we will be able to comment.” Burjgill is part of the 32 farmer organisations of Punjab who are protesting at a common fro