-PTI/ The Hindu The demands included legal guarantee for MSP, withdrawal of cases against farmers and compensation for those who died during the agitation Terming the repeal of the Farm laws in Parliament a victory of the protesters, farmer leaders from Punjab demanded a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) of crops and said an emergency meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha on December 1 will decide their future course of...
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What will a legal guarantee of MSP involve? -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Why are farm unions seeking a minimum support price for all crops? What are the terms of the committee set up to look into their demands? The story so far: After a year-long agitation on the borders of Delhi, protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have achieved their headline demand, namely the repeal of three contentious laws seeking to reform the storage and marketing of...
More »MSP committee to be formed, now go home, says Union agri minister; not so fast, say farmers -Amit Bhardwaj and Sreya Chatterjee
-IndiaToday.com On Saturday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to look into the MSP issue. He urged the protesting farmers to "go home". However, the farmers said they need more clarity. On Saturday, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to make the minimum support price (MSP)...
More »Tone and tenure of farmers' protest might change, but stir will go on: Yogendra Yadav -Aishwarya Paliwal
-IndiaToday.com Yogendra Yadav said even as the Centre has decided to repeal the three Farm laws, the farmers are firm on their demand of bringing the MSP under law. Speaking to India Today TV, Yogendra Yadav, who is also a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), said even as the Centre has decided to repeal the three Farm laws, the farmers are firm on their demand of bringing the minimum support...
More »Indian agriculture needs a Verghese Kurien -C Sarat Chandran
-The Hindu Amul’s success does not seem to have become a catalyst for similar movements across other agricultural commodities Many wish for legendary “Milk Man of India” Verghese Kurien’s presence in our midst today as the conflict between the Central government and the farming community on the issue of the Farm laws appears to be still unresolved. November 26, 2021 was also Kurien’s 100th birth anniversary. Kurien’s deep understanding of Indian farming...
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