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(Editorâs note: Gita Sikand, Indian American associate clinical professor of Medicine: Cardiology at the University of California Irvine College of Medicine, sent this article to India-West, written by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, noting: âSeems there are a lot of myths being floated by special interest groups about Indiaâs farm reforms. President Biden has welcomed these reforms. So has the International Monetary Fund. Could you educate India-West readers with this article on âFacts and Myths about India s Farm Laws? )
In the last six years, India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has committed to strengthening the Indian economy for the prosperity of its citizens. In achieving this goal, the current Indian government has initiated major reforms in areas such as business, taxation, the environment, and, most recently, agriculture. Unfortunately, there has been a recent campaign of misinformation about the bills, abou
Farmers Protest Highlights: 44 arrested for violence at Singhu border, says Delhi Police Jan 29, 2021 / 11:11 PM IST
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers agitation has entered the 65th day. Delhi s border points at Tikri and Singhu remain under heavy police deployment in the aftermath of the violence that broke out during a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital on Republic Day.
Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: The Delhi Chalo farmers protest at border points of New Delhi has entered the 65th day today. Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, are staging a sit-in protest along Delhi borders. The protest started on November 26. The farmers are demanding a complete rollback of the new farm reform laws and a guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system being retained. Multiple rounds of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ union leaders have ended in a stalemate. Protesting farmers fear that the new laws will dis
Agriculture laws were passed in Parliament after extensive deliberations: President Kovind
New Delhi : President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded the central government for bringing various reforms in the agriculture sector to make it modern and beneficial for farmers.
He said the three agricultural bills (now laws) were passed in Parliament seven months ago, after “extensive deliberations”.
Kovind, in his address to a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, said the government had decided to give minimum support price (MSP) one-and-a-half times more than the cost, following the recommendations of Swaminathan Commission.
“In the last six years, the government has attempted a positive change in every system of agriculture sector from seed to market, so that Indian agriculture can become modern and agriculture can also expand. My government had also decided to give MSP one-and-a-half times more than the cost, following the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday lauded the Modi government s three farm laws that are at the heart of farmers protests. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session, Kovind said that over 10 crore small farmers have started getting benefits of the three farm