They will be joined by students and activists and all arrangements have been made to ensure women protestors take the centre stage on International Women's Day

Stating that the Centre under the leadership of PM Modi is committed to farmers' welfare, Agriculture Minister NS Tomar said the government's priority is to upheld farmers respect and therefore, it is ready to make amendments in the laws

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Centre over the farmers' protest and said nails were laid at Delhi's borders for those, whose sons risk their lives at the country's borders

British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition, which had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate

The Bombay Plan, authored by the doyens of industry in 1944 first envisioned state planning, state ownership and control of industries to make India \"self-sufficient\" long before Nehru's ideas took root

From better irrigation to more technology, more credit and markets to proper crop insurance, focus on soil health to eliminating middlemen, the efforts are all-encompassing, he asserted

In his pre-recorded address for the sixth Governing Council virtual meeting of Niti Aayog, the senior Congress leader also proposed that states are consulted before deciding the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination

Farmers 'Rail Roko' protest: Many farmers gathered near railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana where officials stopped trains as a safety measure.

The increase in the agriculture credit with a target of Rs 16.5 lakh crore and the allocation of infrastructure fund for the development of APMCs reiterates the government's commitment to the welfare of farmers, and is a great move

In her budget speech for the next fiscal, she said the procurement of crops like paddy, wheat, pulses and cotton has jumped manifold in the last six years

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Indian agriculture needs reforms, said Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist of the Washington-based global financial institution, adding that there are several areas where reforms are needed, including infrastructure

The government gives guaranteed return to private companies in its business dealings and considers their profit-motive good and desirable. Why the same doesn't hold true for farmers?

In the tenth round of talks with protesting farmer leaders, the government proposes to suspend the three farm laws and set up a joint committee to discuss the Acts

SC would also hear on Monday a plea of the central government, filed though the Delhi Police, seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor march or any other kind of protest by farmers \"which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations\" of Republic Day

'As a farmer myself, I have come to this decision that these laws will benefit farmers. But still, if farmers have an issue, I appeal to them to tell us which clause needs amendment, we will do it,' Rajnath Singh said

After five rounds of inconclusive talks, the government and 40 farmer unions reached some common ground during the sixth round of negotiations on December 30 to resolve protesting farmers' concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning

In a tweet ahead of the protesting farmer unions' meeting with the Centre, Kejriwal lauded their resolve in continuing their agitation despite rains and cold weather

Farmers' protest: Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said that farmers who have been protesting at the Haryana-Rajasthan border will move towards the national capital if the government does not accept the demands

The Centre on Wednesday said there has been a \"mutual consensus\" on two of the four demands raised by the farmers' union