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Analysts fear the new Bills may face the fate of the GST which has completely failed to protect the states’ financial interests PNN & AGENCIES Congress to launch New Delhi, Sept 21: The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce nationwide protests Don’t bother about them flouting (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, NEW DELHI: The Congress party Monday Fire at Covid hosp, the rules. Rules mentioned in and the Farmers (Empowerment and said it will launch a nationwide agitation farm Bills will never be flouted. Protection) Agreement on Price against the farm Bills passed by Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 Parliament and also initiate a campaign passed the muster in the Rajya Sabha for collecting two crore signatures of 127 patients rescued in a voice vote Sunday, replacing the re- farmers and the poor against these pro- SHORT TAKES spective ordinances. However, the Bills posed legislations. After a meeting of have created an avalanche of protests the party's senior leaders, KC Venugopal POST NEWS NETWORK from the opposition including the said the Congress will also launch a Diesel cheaper by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the massive signature campaign in which it Cuttack, Sept 21: Over 125 ` Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and farmers in aims to collect two crore signatures patients, including preg- over 2/l this month several states, but the loudest protests from farmers and the poor people nant women and newborns, have come from Punjab and Haryana. against farm bills. A memorandum were evacuated after a fire New Delhi: Diesel prices The Essential Commodities would be subsequently submitted to broke out at a COVID-19 hos- continued to decline for the fifth (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is yet to be President, the Congress leader said. pital in Jagatpur town of consecutive day Monday even Another Congress leader Randeep taken up in the Upper House. Last week, Cuttack district Monday, of- though globally crude prices Surjewala said a series of pressers will The Congress, driven by protests by farmers in Punjab, is leading the nationwide ficials said. No loss of life has remained steady. Diesel sold these Bills were passed in the Lok also be organised against the Bills. `77.78 per litre in Bhubaneswar, Sabha. The three Bills claim to increase campaign against the three farm Bills in Parliament PTI PHOTO been reported so far, DG out of the building," said a down 16 paisa while petrol sold the availability of buyers for farmers’ (Fire Service) Satyajit patient. Hospital sources `81.74 p/l. In the national capital produce thereby creating more com- vances to farmers taking advantage a well-oiled APMC system. which promised to compensate them Mohanty said. said there were at least 10 diesel was priced at `71.43 per petition and better prices for them. of their financial difficulties to grow Under the Essential Services for their tax shortfalls. Now we have seen "All the patients were res- pregnant women and six litre, down from `71.58 Sunday. The Farmers (Empowerment and crops, only to buy them back upon har- Maintenances Act, the state govern- a complete failure of the GST. The cued safely and immediately others, who had come under Similarly in the other metros of Protection) Agreement of Price vest. After adjusting the advance money ments exercised power to raid hoarders Centre is not in a position to give funds taken to nearby COVID fa- the scalpel for Caesarian Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata Assurance and Farm Services Bill, with interest, they return the remaining who created artificial shortages of com- to state governments. It was still think- cilities," Cuttack Collector section in the last one week. the fuel was sold for `77.87, 2020 will provide a legal cover to con- amounts, if any, to farmers. This is modities during their short supply be- able in the context of GST that trans- Bhabani Shankar Chayani "All the critical patients `76.85 and `74.94 on Monday, tract farming. It enables farmer(s) to one type of contract farming which cause of poor production and jacked ferred financial powers from states to said. Central RDC Anil Samal in the ICU were first res- respectively, against the enter into an agreement for produc- keeps small and marginal farmers up prices. Under the new Bills, this the Centre. But the GST’s possible repli- has ordered an administra- cued by the hospital staff previous levels of `78.02, `76.99 tion of a crop for up to five years. In perennially poor. After this Bills be- power has been taken over by the Centre. cation in agriculture and food will be tive probe into the incident. and subsequently, the re- and `75.09 per litre. the poultry and seed production sec- come law, such unwanted practices The farm Bills aim at enabling farm- a pure recipe for catastrophe. Health and Family Welfare maining wards located in tors, contract farming has already may get legal sanctity. ers to enter into contracts with modern The Union government should ab- Minister Naba Das has asked other floors were vacated," gained ground and even small and In the Agricultural Produce Market retailers, wholesalers, processors and stain from rushing through these the fire service department Chayani said, adding, a bus Trainee pilot killed marginal farmers have been signing Committees (APMCs) system, mar- exporters. However, small and mar- three Bills. It should prepare a road to submit a report on the and 12 ambulances were contracts with aggregators to set up keting committees could not do 100 ginal farmers can’t enter into contracts map of the future of MSP, PDS and pro- cause of the mishap. pressed into operation to in UP copter crash poultry units. Cane farmers also enter per cent procurement of the produce, with big businesses as they are too curement for the next 10 years. For this, The blaze erupted in one shift the patients to six other into a kind of contract farming with resulting in distress sale by farmers. fearful of the clout of corporates. This a consensus is required between the of the ICU wards -- where six COVID facilities located in Lucknow: A rookie pilot was sugar mills. However, the contract The so called freedom to farmers to will only encourage middlemen and Centre and the states. There is a need critical patients were on Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. killed after a helicopter farming will be voluntary. access such formal markets does not rich traders to exploit the farmers. to reduce the procurement, especially ventilators -- on the third Chief Fire Officer Sukant carrying four people crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh In states like Odisha, such practices make sense unless the farmers have the In 2017, the Union governemnt rolled of rice from water-stressed blocks in floor of the hospital. "The Sethy said the blaze was district Monday. Police and are already in vogue, though in an in- money to access them. We have heard out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar smoke was so dense that we brought under control local authorities are the spot formal manner. Here, moneylenders of large scale farmers’ suicides in under which it forced states to barter Pradesh so as to save the wastage on had to use the flashlights within 10 minutes with the and rescue operations are and middlemen in villages extend ad- states like Maharashtra where there is away their financial powers to Centre carrying excessive stocks. on mobile phones to come help of five fire tenders. underway. The incident took place in Sarai Meer in an agricultural field, according to details available, the aircraft BJD seeks classical crashed at nearly 11.20 a.m. Babus to pay `50K fine for One person died and another Markets tank; investors Maha: 11 killed was injured in the crash, while tag to Odissi music two others jumped out of the delay in SLP submissions in Bhiwandi aircraft with the help of POST NEWS NETWORK ` parachutes. lose 4.23 lakh crore POST NEWS NETWORK building crash New Delhi, Sept 21: Biju Janata or 2.09 per cent lower at 38,034.14. Bhubaneswar, Sept 21: Following Dal (BJD) MP Amar Patnaik Similarly, the NSE Nifty tumbled MARKET WATCH a Supreme Court order, the state gov- Monday urged the Union gov- 254.40 points or 2.21 per cent to fin- ernment has asked officials of the ernment to confer classical sta- ish at 11,250.55. IndusInd Bank law, finance and water resources de- tus on Odissi music. was the top loser in the Sensex INDEX VARIATION partments, responsible for delay The BJD MP said the Odisha pack, tanking 8.67 per cent, fol- in submission of special leave pe- Heritage Cabinet, chaired by Chief lowed by Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel, SENSEX 38034.14 811.68 tition (SLP) in the apex court, to pay Minister Naveen Patnaik, passed ICICI Bank, M&M, Maruti, Axis a fine of `50,000.