Warring seeks MSP guarantee as promised to farmers Demands Rs 50-70 cr annual research grant for PAU Seeks debt relief for farmers on pattern of industry loan waiver Reveals, Punjab didn’t get a penny of Rs 1600 cr flood relief Demands withdrawal of the law on stubble burning Chandigarh/New Delhi 18 March ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today demanded that the government of India should bring the law to provide MSP guarantee to the farmers as had been promised to them when they withdrew their 15 month long strike against three farm laws. He also demanded Rs 50 crore to Rs 70 crores annual research grant for the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to improve the research facilities for better agriculture. The Ludhiana MP made a strong case for providing debt relief to the small and marginal farmers through one time settlement by waiving off their interests. He asked, if the government can waive off loans worth Rs 1...
March 23 to be celebrated as Anti-Imperialism Day, big demonstrations to be held in Patiala district
March 23 to be celebrated as Anti-Imperialism Day, big demonstrations to be held in Patiala district Patiala 17 March (PDL): An important joint meeting of the United Kisan Morcha, central trade unions, employee federations, electricity employee organizations and labor organizations was held today at Gurdwara Sri Dukhniwaran Sahib under the chairmanship of Darshan Singh Belumajra. During the meeting, the leaders decided to celebrate March 23 as 'Anti-Imperialism Day', remembering the martyrdom of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and his comrades. The leaders said that today's governments are going against the dream of a free and equal country that the martyrs had dreamed of. The central government, under pressure from imperialist countries, is making anti-people laws that benefit corporate houses and foreign powers by selling the interests of the country's working people. These protests to be held at the tehsil level will be against the India-US Free Trade Agreement, the Elec...