Farmers are agitating.
Farmers’ Delhi march has been stopped at Shambhu border of Punjab and Haryana border. A group of 101 farmers had started a foot march towards Delhi on Friday, but they were stopped after a few metres. At the same time, Haryana Police has asked the farmers not to proceed further. The Ambala district administration has also banned illegal gathering of five or more persons in the district. A large number of security personnel have been deployed on the Haryana border. Why is this foot march of farmers being carried out? Let us know what are the demands of the farmers who are marching on foot?
Main demands of the agitating farmers-
- MSP guarantee should be made a law
- The price should be decided on the report of Swaminathan Commission.
- Farmers’ loans should be waived off
- Land Acquisition Act 2013 should be implemented again
- Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 should be repealed
- The culprits of Lakhimpur Kheri incident should be punished
- The family of the farmer killed in the movement should get compensation
Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chauhan spoke in Rajya Sabha
On the whole matter, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in Rajya Sabha that Narendra Modi government will buy all agricultural produce at the minimum support price. On the issue of MSP to farmers during Question Hour, he told the House, “I want to assure the House through the Speaker that all the produce of the farmers will be purchased at the minimum support price.” This is the Modi government and there is a guarantee to fulfill Modi’s guarantees.” He said, ”When our friends on the other side were in power, they had said on record that they could not accept the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan Commission. , especially the issue of giving 50 percent more than the cost of the produce. I have the record.”
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan claimed, “The previous UPA government never respected the farmers and never seriously considered the farmers’ demands for remunerative prices.” I want to assure the House through you that from 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to calculate the minimum support price by giving 50 percent profit on the cost of production to the farmers.” Shivraj Singh Chouhan also claimed that the Modi government Already giving remunerative prices to farmers. He said that paddy, wheat, jowar, soybean are being purchased at a price 50 percent more than the cost of production since three years ago. He also cited export duties and interference in changing prices when commodity rates fall.
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