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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.
[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]
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 ...
A farming leader has urged the Government to pause its “disastrous” reforms to agricultural inheritance tax in order to deliver on food security and growth.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1537: March 3, 2021 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 3 Referred to Committees on Judiciary, Ways and Means, Education and Labor and Financial Services: H.R. 1603: March 8, 2021 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 61 Passed in the House (247-174). [5] [6] 118th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2023 H.R. 4319: June 23, 2023
Initiative 2117, which would have repealed the Climate Commitment Act passed by lawmakers in 2021, was rejected by 61.7% of voters in Tuesday night returns.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 Social Security Fairness Act If passed, the act would repeal the WEP and GPO, ensuring that retirees receive their full Social Security benefits regardless of their pension income.
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.