Bharat Bandh: The meeting between Amit Shah and farmer leaders comes a day before the sixth round of talks between the Centre and farmers

Farmers' agitation: The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) issued a statement and said that the government should come forward and resolve the demands of the nation and the farmers

The All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) said the government should come forward and resolve their demands in the interest of the nation and farmers

The protest in Bay Area was organised by the Jakara Movement, a California-based grassroots organisation which seeks to strengthen community engagement and build empowerment by focusing on issues of civic engagement, education, health, and social justice.

Sitharaman said that the agriculture ministry has gone through the process of talking to stakeholders and these are the things that have been in discussions for very long time

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

India's economy recovered faster than expected in the September quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent and held out hopes for further improvement on better consumer demand

The Agriculture Ministry tweeted that doubts of farmers were addressed by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who led the government side at the talks. Tomar later told reporters that the next meeting will take place on Saturday at 2 pm

The decline in the GDP narrowed to 7.5% in the second quarter of this financial year, over 23.9% in April-June quarter

The finance ministry said that the GDP contraction easing to 7.5% in the September quarter from -23.9% in the previous quarter underlines a quarter-on-quarter surge in GDP growth of 23 per cent

RBI panel's proposal to allow big corporates/industrial houses to own and run banks and NBFCs is contrary to RBI's own earlier stand, economic logic and historical evidence of multiple economic crises caused by reckless private financial sector players

Government wants farmer organisations to conclude their protests and resolve their contentions via dialogue, but this decision lies with the farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said

Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director and CEO, CMIE, said that employment increased by one per cent but real agricultural GVA growth in the September 2020 quarter was 16.4 per cent lower than it was in the June 2020 quarter

Talking about weekly numbers, the CMIE said that the country's unemployment rate stood at 7.8% for the week ended November 22, whereas the labour participation rate was at 39.3% leading to a steep dip in employment rate at 36.24%

President of the All India Taxi Union, Balwant Singh Bhullar, said they are giving two days to the central government to meet the demands of the farmers

Agricultural reforms have opened new doors of possibilities for farmers, says PM Modi; he says now a sub-divisional magistrate will have to settle farmers' complaints in a month

India's Q2 GDP number showed surprising resilience with contraction of only 7.5 per cent in real terms, while the most astonishing number was the positive growth in manufacturing sector, says SBI in its research report

India's economy recovered faster than expected in the September quarter as a pick-up in manufacturing helped GDP clock a lower contraction of 7.5 per cent and held out hopes for further improvement on better consumer demand

CEA Subramanian said that he expects the full-year GDP growth numbers to be better than the estimated contraction of 8-9 per cent, advising people to people to practise caution till the pandemic subsides

While this marks second consecutive quarter of GVA contraction, it also means a substantial recovery from steepest ever contraction of 22.8 per cent in Q1, says the think tank