The Centre termed this decision as a necessity to help the textile industry cope with the raw material shortages. The Finance Ministry says that the scrapping of import duties was necessitated due to below-expected yields in the country and surge in domestic cotton prices.
The CPI-M mouthpiece People’s Democracy, in an editorial, said the rally was also a “concrete manifestation of the worker-peasant alliance” that is beginning to take shape.
A Left-backed protest march by 30,000 farmers against the alleged failure of the BJP-led government to address agrarian distress reached…
Maharashtra farmers protesting against the non-implementation of the farm loans waiver package were caned on Tuesday in some parts of…
