‘Centre has only put a comma to agriculture reforms, not full stop’
The Hindu
New pieces of legislation will be taken up after arriving at a consensus: Raghunadha Babu
A day after the repeal of the controversial farm laws, Tobacco Board Chairman Y. Raghunadha Babu on Wednesday asserted that the Union Government would ally the misapprehensions of the farmers before coming up with a comprehensive legislation to give a push to the reforms in the agriculture sector.
“We will convince the agriculturists on the urgent need for reforms in the farm sector and the new laws to ensure a fair deal for the farmers,” Mr. Raghunadha Babu told the media here.
He ruled out putting a break to the reforms in the agriculture sector.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.