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[117] [39] [118] [41] Even after the government offered to stay the farm laws for 18 months on 21 January 2021, the farmers refused the stay and pushed for repeal. [119] Other than the farm unions and leaders, people such as Markandey Katju [120] and Thol. Thirumavalavan have also made statements in relation to staying the farm laws. [121]
On 29 November 2021, the Indian parliament passed the bill to repeal farm laws in the country. [83] The bill was passed without a debate in both the lower house i.e. Lok Sabha and the upper house i.e. Rajya Sabha, despite several demands of it. [84] The farm laws repeal bill was passed within four minutes of being tabled in the Lok Sabha.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders announced that if their core demands of the repeal of the farm laws and legal guarantee to implement Minimum Support Price (MSP) were not met by 26 January 2021, they would hold a 'Kisan Gantantra Diwas Parade' (transl. Farmers' Republic Day Parade) on that day to coincide with the annual Republic Day Parade ...
Over 200 farmers' organisations joined the protest. On November 19, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the centre had chosen to revoke the three agriculture laws passed by Parliament in the year 2020. [17] The farmers are protesting once more, alleging that the government has failed to fulfil the promises made in 2020–2021.
Initiative 2117, which would have repealed the Climate Commitment Act passed by lawmakers in 2021, was rejected by 61.7% of voters in Tuesday night returns. Just over 38% of voters supported the ...
The House voted narrowly to repeal clean vehicle rules adopted in March to cut fleetwide tailpipe emissions by 50% over 2026 levels by 2032. ... “Republicans are wasting time by bringing up this ...
Government will, therefore, reorient its interventions in the farm and non-farm sectors to double the income of the farmers by 2022". [ 9 ] Immediately following the Prime Minister's and Finance Minister's announcement, there were those who felt that the doubling was possible, such as M. S. Swaminathan .
Critics of the repeal say it could create a new set of inequities and further strain the already financially challenged safety net, which is projected to run short of money in 2035.