-Hindustan Times According to the Delhi Police, while the blockades were being removed, there was still no confirmation on when exactly the movement of vehicles may resume. The process of removing blockades put up along the Tikri border on the Delhi side was reportedly underway to resume vehicular movement. The border has remained blocked for almost a year now since Farmers launched their protest in the area against three centrally passed agri...
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Dried Wells, Broken Dams, Distressed Villagers Define UP's Multi-Crore 'Bundelkhand Package' -Dheeraj Mishra
-TheWire.in Corruption, poor quality construction materials and the specious implementation of schemes combined with the Centre’s flawed MSP policies have rendered the attempt to transform the region useless. Chitrakoot/ Banda: On a freezing night in early January, as anchors on television and radio jubilated in the new year and extolled the many ‘achievements’ of the incumbent government, Madhav Prasad, a 55-year-old Farmer in Bundelkhand, lay anxious on a cot in his hut. The...
More »Centre vs Punjab: Farmers miss out on incentive to not burn stubble -Vivek Mishra
-Down to Earth Thrice GoI has returned Punjab’s proposal of giving Rs 2,500 per acre to small, marginal Farmers even as they demand Rs 6,000 per acre As many as 361,850 small and marginal Farmers in Punjab did not receive state incentives for stubble management in the last one year due to paucity of funds. The northern state’s request for financial stimulus to pay this incentive was turned down by the...
More »Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Madhya Pradesh Fertiliser Crisis Drags On -Anurag Dwary
-NDTV.com Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has admitted that there is a slight shortage of DAP and blamed international prices. Bhopal: Long queues and loud protests by Farmers can be seen across Madhya Pradesh as the acute shortage of fertilisers in the peak harvesting season drags on. In Ashok Nagar, about 190 km from state capital Bhopal, hundreds of Farmers have been sleeping outside the Mungaoli block headquarters so that they can...
More »Private players minting money amid artificial DAP crunch, allege Farmers
-The Tribune Kurukshetra: Shortage of DAP has triggered panic among Farmers. They have started looking for fertiliser for the wheat-sowing season, but DAP is not easily available. Meanwhile, long queues were witnessed in Shahabad where the Farmers had gathered to procure DAP. The Farmers alleged that an artificial shortage was being created and private players were minting money by selling the fertiliser at exorbitant rates. Sanjeev, a Farmer from Alampur village, said: “Farmers...
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