-PTI BALI: On the eve of WTO ministerial meeting here, India on Monday said the interim solution on food security as currently designed is not acceptable and the country won't compromise its Farmers' interest or succumb to mercantilist ambitions of rich nations. There is a national consensus and complete political unanimity on this matter in India, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said, adding: "It is therefore difficult for us to accept...
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Maharashtra to pay Rs 2,650 per quintal of sugar, protests likely to end
-The Indian Express Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has directed sugar factories to pay a minimum price of Rs 2,650 per quintal for sugarcane to defuse the ongoing Farmers' agitation that has stalled the functioning of sugar factories across the state. In the light of the announcement, State Minister for Cooperation and Markets Harshvardhan Patil has urged Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) leader Raju Shetty (MP) to take measures to withdraw the agitation in...
More »India should stand its ground at Bali -Ashok Kotwal, Milind Murugkar and Bharat Ramaswami
-Live Mint Our food procurement policies may be lopsided but there is no link between the food security law and free trade The upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Bali has attracted considerable attention in India because of its repercussions on our food policy. It is feared that the recently passed food security law will breach the negotiated limits on the aggregate measure of support (AMS) to Farmers. AMS is...
More »UP Farmers' protest over cane arrears turns violent -Swati Mathur
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: A day after sugarcane farmer Satyapal Singh killed himself in Bastauli village of Lakhimpur Kheri, around 200 villagers stormed into the compound of Balrampur Sugar Mill's Buleria unit, protesting against the non-payment of cane arrears. The Farmers, who said they intended to cremate Singh's body at the gates of the sugar mill, also vandalised the factory compound, looted the canteen and beat up the mill's chief security...
More »'No Compromise on Food Security of Poor at WTO Meet'
-Outlook With only four days to go for the WTO meet in Bali, India today asserted that it will not compromise its stance on food security of poor and support to marginal Farmers even if subsidy limits are breached. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, country's chief negotiator at WTO, also said India will engage with WTO members for a positive outcome of Bali meet, but at the same time New Delhi...
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