"No government in the country has done as much as the Modi government for the farmers. The Congress has spent Rs 5.5 lakh crore for farmers in their 10 years of governance. Compared to that, we have spent Rs 18.40 lakh crores. In 2013-14, the Congress government made a budgetary allocatio
Professor Madhura Swaminathan inaugurated the Cotton and Soyabean Farmers' State Convention organised by the All India Kisan Sabha Maharashtra unit at Beed district.
The CM allocated the money to the farmers during the Kisan and Sahkarita Sammelan in Bhind district on Wednesday. During this, the CM also inaugurated and dedicated 68 development projects, worth Rs 193.35 crore.
The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), the two umbrella bodies that are leading the farmers' protests, on March 3 gave a call to farmers from across the country to reach the national capital today.
"Rahul Gandhi is continuously speaking about naya (justice) which is Nari Nyay, Yuva Nyay, Kisan Nyay, Shramik Nyay, and Hissedari Nyay. Till now Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Kharge have talked about two guarantees associated with Kisan Nyay and Hissedari Nyay. First, passing a law
On March 6, farmers from all over India will march peacefully towards Jantar Mantar in Delhi," Farmer leader Tejveer Singh told reporters at Shambhu Border on Tuesday
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) national body has given a call for the Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14 to highlight issues of a legal guarantee of MSP, against the electricity amendment bill, freedom from debt, old age pension, rolling back of labour codes, and other pending issues.
The general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said on Monday that the decision to March towards Delhi has not changed amid incidents of death during the protests.
Haryana Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders held a meeting in Narwana town of Jind district on Thursday to mull over the strategy to support ongoing farmers' protests at Data Singhwala-Khanauri and Shambhu borders of Punjab -Haryana.
The general secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher, said that the last rites of Shubkaran Singh, who died during the protests, will be performed on Thursday as the police have lodged an FIR in the case.
During the protest, Hindoli MLA Ashok Chandna alleged that the brutal killing of farmers during the farmers' movement took place on the orders of the Government of India.
In view of the tractor march in Noida by farmers affiliated with Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Tikait and BKU Lokshakti, the Noida police issued a traffic advisory on Monday morning urging commuters heading to Delhi to use the metro instead of taking roads.