Farm Laws  

The Union government has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with technology behemoth Microsoft to provide post-harvest solutions to the farmers with an aim to improve efficiency and productivity across the entire farm sector value chain
 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed his satisfaction over the way India has handled the farm law agitation

Gita Gopinath, IMF’s chief economist has backed the farm laws

As protests go on against the new farm laws, reports suggest that the government has continued to procure cotton and rice at MSP

International Monetary Fund has expressed confidence over the new farm laws 

Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad jumped to the rescue of a farmer in Uttar Pradesh who was finding it difficult to sell his produce 

Sasidhar, a farmer hailing from Dharwad, Karnataka, grows strawberries and earns profitably
 

Crop diversification is a good idea for earning more profits  

While farmers’ protests go on, the Union government has purchased Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes
 

While farmers are protesting against the farm laws enacted by the Indian Parliament, Israeli’s envoy to India had expressed his sanguinity over the laws, emphasising they empower Indian farmers

In Maharashtra, as per MahaFPC, the umbrella body of farmer producing companies (FPCs) FPCs in four districts have made about Rs 10 crores from trade outside mandis

 Apple growers in Himachal Pradesh have a happy story to tell as procurement of their produce has been happening smoothly, eliminating the role of middlemen 

Speaking of the farm laws passed in Parliament recently, PM Modi said the farm reform laws have broken shackles of the farmers and also provided new opportunities to them

Using a provision in the newly enacted farm laws, a farmer in Maharashtra has sued traders for not paying him for his produce and recovered the balance suitably   
 

Israel ambassador to India Ron Malka has extended his support to the farm laws passed by the Indian parliament