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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Maharashtra Farmers Call Off Protest As State Agrees To Demands: 10 Points -Nidhi Sethi

Maharashtra Farmers Call Off Protest As State Agrees To Demands: 10 Points -Nidhi Sethi

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published Published on Mar 13, 2018   modified Modified on Mar 13, 2018
-NDTV

The Azad Maidan in Mumbai turned into a "sea of red" as thousands of farmers, carrying red flags, converged here after walking 180 kms from Nashik

Mumbai:
The Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra has agreed to the demands of thousands of protesting farmers who have been pouring into Mumbai for the last two days. The government has given its acceptance in writing, said state minister Chandrakant Patil, after a delegation of farmers met government representatives this afternoon. Mr Fadnavis said the Chief Secretary will do the follow-up. Nearly 50,000 farmers, demanding loan waiver and updated minimum support price, assembled in Mumbai after a grueling 180-km, six-day march from Nashik, with plans to gherao the assembly. The protest was called off after the government's acceptance.

Here is a 10-point lowdown on the farmers' demand:

1. The farmers, who have been demanding an unconditional loan waiver scheme after some of them failed to qualify for any financial relief under the Maharashtra government's initiative last year, decided to hold a march to Mumbai to register their dissent. The scorching sun, blistered and cracked feet and sparse meals didn't deter them.

2. The Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha or AIKS, which spearheaded the march, wants the implementation of recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission that mandates farmers be paid one-and-a-half times the cost of production and the Minimum Support Price be fixed for their produce.

3. The adivasis or tribal cultivators, who joined the march in huge numbers, want the land they have been tilling for years to be transferred to their names and implementation of the Forest Rights Act, which they say will benefit them.

4. The farmers want the state government to stop forceful acquisition of farm lands for projects such as super highways and bullet trains. Inter-linking of rivers and to discontinue sharing of waters with Gujarat was another concern that they wanted to discuss.

5. They also want a compensation of Rs. 40,000 per acre for farmers whose crops were hit by hailstorm and pink bollworm.

6. Even though the farmers planned to begin their march towards the Vidhan Sabha after 11 am, they chose to walk at night so that the students appearing for their Board exams weren't affected and the traffic ran smoothly.

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NDTV, 12 March, 2018, https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/here-are-10-points-on-why-maharashtra-farmers-marched-180-km-to-mumbai-1822753


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