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How Minimum Support Prices have outlived their relevance
Gautam Mukherjee •If implemented, the new MSP regime would shoot up retail food prices by an estimated 30 per cent
Delhi Chalo protest: How farmers plan to cross Haryana border, march to Capital
Fp Explainers •Farmers are resuming their ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation after talks with the Centre didn’t yield positive results. According to estimates, around 14,000 farmers are part of the march and they come in 1,200 tractor-trolleys. The authorities are on high alert and have beefed up security arrangements at the Shambhu border in Haryana
Explained: What is the Centre’s five-year plan for farmers?
Fp Explainers •The Centre's fourth round of talks with the protesting farmers has yielded some positive results. The government has proposed the buying of pulses, maize, and cotton crops by agencies at minimum support prices for five years. The farmers have put the march on hold and said they would discuss the proposal in their forums in the coming two days
Ramification | Farmer protests, contours of anarchy and an NCR under siege
Rami N Desai •The idea of the protests being hijacked once again is not far-fetched considering images encouraging a secessionist agenda have begun to appear
‘Delhi Chalo’ march: Who are the two farmer leaders leading the protest?
Fp Explainers •Representatives of the protesting farmers are holding talks with Union ministers in Chandigarh on Thursday. Jagjit Singh Dallewal of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Sarwan Singh Pandher, the coordinator of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, are at the forefront of the Delhi Chalo march
FirstUp: Farmers meet with ministers, India Vs England in Rajkot … The big news today
Fp Explainers •Farmer leaders will meet Union ministers to discuss their several demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price for all crops. This comes a day after both parties held virtual talks amid the ongoing protest. Here’s this and other major developments that you can expect during the day
Tear gas, traffic snarls: What happened when farmers marched to Delhi
Fp Explainers •Police fired multiple tear gas rounds to disperse marchers at the Shambhu border crossing between Punjab and Haryana. Meanwhile, authorities have put concrete blocks and nails on vital roads to stop tractor-trollies from entering Delhi and commuters faced chaos amid closures
'Delhi Chalo': How the ongoing farmers' protest is different from the 2020-21 stir
Fp Explainers •Over 200 farmers' unions from some northern states have started their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press the Centre for several demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP for all crops. The current protests are a reminder of the yearlong agitation in 2020-21. But here's what has changed since
Spanish farmers blocked major highways for second day against EU policies
Fp Staff •Fed up by the market situation and encouraged by similar protests in other European countries, Spanish farmers took their tractors out of their barns on Tuesday, two days ahead of protests scheduled by the country's main farmers associations.
The many crimes of Amritpal Singh, Waris Punjab De leader and Khalistan sympathiser, arrested in Punjab
Fp Explainers •Amritpal Singh, who was on the run since 18 March, was arrested on Sunday from Rode village in Punjab’s Moga. It was at the birthplace of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale that he took over the radical outfit Waris Punjab De. The 29-year-old radical preacher is a follower of the slain militant