Harsimrat Kaur Badal who recently resigned from the government tweeted, 'Indeed a DARK DAY for democracy as President Kovind too refused to heed the request of 18 political parties pleading him not to sign the undemocratically passed anti-farmer bills'

New labour codes severely reduce workers' security by increasing key thresholds for applicability of most protections; contractual employment has been expanded to add to workers' precarity and social protections for unorganised workers are vague

India's agriculture industry, farmers and villages are the basis of India's Aatma Nirbhar Bharat dream. If they are strong, only then India's foundation will be stronger, says PM Modi

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh says Akali Dal was left with no choice after BJP \"exposed\" that Sukhbir Badal and SAD were fully party to anti-farmer legislations

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has walked out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the three farm bills that it says are against the interests of the farmers

Parliament on Wednesday approved the three labour codes that will remove impediments to winding up of companies and allow firing of staff without government permission in firms with up to 300 workers from the existing 100

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Opposition, accusing parties of lying to farmers. Addressing BJP workers at an event to mark the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, PM Modi said that there was a need to spread awareness on new farm bills. He also defended labour bills at the event, stating that the new labour reforms would transform the lives of the labour force. Watch the video for more.Also Read: PM Modi hits out at opposition, says farm bills to benefit small, marginal farmers

In the previous fortnight ended September 11, 2020, bank credit had grown by 5.49 per cent to Rs 102.11 lakh crore while deposits at 10.92 per cent to Rs 141.76 lakh crore

The three bills passed by Parliament are the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah trashed the allegation of the two legislations being anti-farmer as \"baseless\" and said the Congress and other opposition parties are saying this to cover up their own failures

PM Modi pushed for effective testing, tracing, treatment as well as surveillance. 'Effective messaging is also necessary because most Covid-19 infections are asymptomatic. In such a situation, rumours may rise,' he said

Rural economy is struggling with job and income losses, the true extent of which are not known since India isn't tracking or compensating; credit and liquidity risks to small businesses and crop loss due to excess rain

Thousands of farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Telangana and several other states are on the roads to protest against 3 farm ordinances which were passed in the Lok Sabha by the Central government. The protests have sprung all across India and claim that the new farm laws will destroy farmers' livelihood. The Rajya Sabha had passed the 2 Agriculture reform bills against the previous ordinances, with one bill still under discussion. These bills will replace the existing ordinances once they get approved by Rajya Sabha. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Average MSP increase in rabi crops hits 6-year low at 4.3%

When opposition members shouted slogans and came near the well, Speaker Om Birla adjourned the house for an hour, after about 15 minutes of business

The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020 aims to remove fears of private investors of excessive regulatory interference in their business operations

Farm bill: In the next four days, Congress chief ministers, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, Congress legislative party leaders along with MPs, MLAs, and senior leaders will walk from the PCC office to Raj Bhavan

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the provisions would, however, not impact proceedings already initiated before March 25. The Centre might extend this six-month period to one year through notification

Terming the present situation as a \"massive opportunity for the country\", Mehta said impetus should be given on digitising sectors like manufacturing, agriculture and pharma

The rise in MSP for rabi crops comes a day after the Rajya Sabha cleared the farm three laws, which was followed by Prime Minister's assurance that the system of MSP will remain and government procurement will continue

Farm bills row: This change in farming sector is the need of the present hour and our government has brought this reform for farmers, said PM Modi