On New Development Finance Institution, which FM herself announced during her Budget 2021 speech, she said the idea of creating such an institute came from IDBI experience

Modi government has held multiple rounds of talks with farmers' representatives, but there has been no word on when talks would resume following the Republic Day violence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says many countries of the world are learning from India's vaccination campaign, and that the way India fought Covid-19 is being praised all over the world

Mann Ki Baat: The Prime Minister on Friday said that the offer to farmers still stands and that the government is just a phone call away

This is the first time that smart prepaid meters are being installed at this scale, and are set to have a transformative impact on the state's energy landscape, EESL said in a statement

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

Delhi Tractor Rally update: Plea says a three-member inquiry commission under the chairmanship of a former top court judge and two retired high court judges should be set up for collecting and recording evidence

Farmers have firmly said that they will not go back to their homes until the government accepts their demand to repeal the three contentious farm laws

A farmer leader, who attended the meeting with the police, said, 'The government wants us to take out our rally outside Delhi, but we want to hold it inside Delhi. No decision was taken in today's meeting'

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash are holding the talks with the representatives of around 40 farmer unions at the Vigyan Bhawan

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

Farmers' protest: The Bhartiya Kisan Union Lokshakti said the principle of natural justice is going to be violated as those appointed to the four-member committee have already supported these laws

The Monday hearing on the pleas by a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde assumes significance as the Centre and the farmer leaders are scheduled to hold their next meeting on January 15

During the meeting, the government listed various benefits from the three laws enacted a few months ago, but farmers kept insisting that the legislation must be withdrawn

The Centre and farm unions had reached some common ground on Wednesday but remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP

Efforts are underway by the unions to draw support from farmers in other states like Bihar for their demand to enact a law assuring Minimum Support Price as the protest at the border points have been going on for almost four weeks now

There was disruption of traffic movement on key routes in the national capital on Thursday, the 22nd day of the farmers' protest to demand for the repeal of the three new agri marketing laws

PM Modi was in Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat to lay the foundation stone of several development projects in the state, including a 30,000 megawatts hybrid renewable energy park near Khavda

Farmers' agitation: Kejriwal said he will observe the fast in response to a call given by the agitating farmers and urged his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) volunteers, supporters, as well as the people of the country to join in

Earlier this week, the Centre had offered amendments to the farmers, which were concordantly rejected by the latter. Instead, the farmers announced to intensify the protests in response, after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah yielded no consequence.