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BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar seeks exemption for Kerala from MSP bonus cut
Updated : 1 month ago IST
BJP State President Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting that Kerala be excluded from the Centre's advisory on discontinuing Minimum Support Price (MSP) bonus for paddy and wheat.
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Parliament Budget Session: DMK MP TR Baalu seeks discussion on India-US tr
Updated : 1 month ago IST
DMK MP TR Baalu moved an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha on Monday, seeking a discussion on the framework of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) between India and the United States.
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"Finance Ministry must stop penalising Kerala for supporting its farmers":
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In a post on X, Vijayan said it was unacceptable that corporate debts are routinely waived while a modest incentive for farmers who produce food is portrayed as a burden. He questioned whether this move signals an attempt to open Indian markets to US agricultural products under a new trad
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India-US trade deal is historic and will give new heights and momentum to
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Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while addressing a press conference at his residence in Bhopal, described the recent trade deal between India and the United States as "historic and unprecedented".
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SKM supports Central Trade Unions' call for nationwide strike on Feb 12
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Large-scale participation from farmers, agricultural workers, and industrial unions nationwide is expected at protest sites across the country, including PRTC, power employees, and other worker organisations.
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"Small, breakaway faction" of SKM called for nationwide protests: Piyush G
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"I'm happy to meet any farm delegations or any persons who may have any misgivings on this. I have an open-door policy on this. Our (Union) Agriculture Minister, Shivrat Singh Chauhan, even yesterday was in Madhya Pradesh with nine states' agriculture ministers, and they celebrated both t
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Few political elements distorting issues: Piyush Goyal denies concessions
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"An agreement is a whole series of negotiations around a variety of subjects, goods, different types of agricultural and non-agricultural products, and services. You're dealing with a very wide compass. Both countries will have offensive and defensive interests, and that's how the package
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"Absolute nonsense...": Piyush Goyal rejects sovereignty concerns, defends
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Speaking in an exclusive interview with ANI, Goyal said the agreement reflects "intense negotiations on both sides" and will create significant opportunities across sectors.
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Sena (UBT)'s Priyanka Chaturvedi says India-US trade agreement "treacherou
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The framework for the trade agreement with the United States reduces tariffs on Indian goods in the US to 18 per cent, while Washington has claimed the deal will help it export more agricultural products to New Delhi.
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"Tariff imposed is highly imbalanced": Congress' Sukhdeo Bhagat on India-U
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Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Sunday criticised the government over the India-US interim trade agreement, calling it "highly imbalanced" and a "unilateral deal."
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Farmers' interests protected in trade deal; US cut tariffs on several agri
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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that the trade agreement with the United States will not harm Indian farmers, while the US has reduced tariffs on several Indian farm exports to zero.
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India-US interim trade deal by PM Modi is for his "personal interest", say
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Speaking to reporters in Kochi, Venugopal said, "We are all in the dark. The Parliament was also taken into confidence. Even now, we don't know the details of the agreement. How many agricultural projects are going to suffer? How many farmers are going to suffer?"
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