âWe appeal to PM again… not a question of Punjab or Haryana aloneâ: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher Amid a third round of talks with the central government ending in a stalemate, the General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarwan Singh Pandher on Friday urged an intervention on part of Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
The scenes of farmers and agriculture workers protesting at Delhi’s borders are a throwback to 2020-21: long lines of about 1,000 trolleys attached to brightly-coloured tractors, large dekchis of sweet chai boiling on wood-fuelled stoves to serve hundreds, voices of peacefully organised dissent. In this time’s Delhi Chalo call, though, police and paramilitary forces are ‘better prepared’: … Read more
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests A meeting of the farmer unions and the central government has been scheduled for today at 5 pm. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests pointing out the high-level security measures involving even para-military forces. âThere … Read more
Offering a legal guarantee for the procurement of all crops at minimum support prices would leave very little money in the government’s coffer for other development and social goals, unnamed government officials told the Times of India. They said it would be a fiscal disaster for the country. Farmers Protest: Check Live Updates The officials … Read more
Traffic slowed down to a crawl at several places in the national capital on Tuesday due to the restrictions imposed by the police in view of a ‘Delhi Chalo’ call issued by farmer associations from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab. Movement of traffic was hit especially hard at the city’s borders with Uttar Pradesh and … Read more
In this combo of file photos of (L-R) former Prime Ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, and agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, who will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna – country’s highest civilian award. | Photo Credit: PTI Samyukt Kisan Morcha on February 10 welcomed the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Chaudhary Charan Singh … Read more
New Delhi: Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated a tur dal procurement portal through which farmers can register and sell their produce to NAFED and NCCF at a minimum support price or market price. A similar facility will be launched in future for urad and masoor farmers as well as maize farmers, he said. … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Bhopal on. | Photo Credit: ANI In Madhya Pradesh, where approximately 70% of the population is involved in farming and allied occupations, both the BJP and the Congress strategically focused their campaigns on agrarian concerns and economic incentives. … Read more
The government has ruled out any action to control wheat prices as it keeps a close watch on the price movement of the commodity. The price rise of the food grain is in tandem with the increase in the minimum support price (MSP) and general inflationary trends, said Sanjeev Chopra, secretary, the Department of Food. … Read more
Farmers will prefer to grow wheat, mustard and lentils (masur) for the 2023-24 rabi marketing season as prices of these crops were higher than their minimum support price (MSP) last year, said agriculture experts. “In Punjab and Haryana, farmers in the irrigated belt will choose to sow wheat while those that fall in the rainfed … Read more