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A vote of no confidence from the farmers -Yogendra Yadav & Avik Saha

-The Hindu There is enough evidence to show that the government has failed farmers and agricultural labourers in a big way As the Lok Sabha debates the vote of no confidence today, representatives of farmers from across the country will be marching outside Parliament under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), an umbrella body of 201 farmer organisations. Farmers have already passed a vote of no confidence against...

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Farmers' Body Announces Nationwide Stir Against Modi Govt's MSP 'Betrayal' -Neha Mehrotra

-TheWire.in Accusing the government of having deceived farmers by not fulfilling its MSP promise, and yet claiming that it has, the AIKSCC has announced a series of agitations over the next four months. New Delhi: The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a coalition of over 180 farmer organisations across the country, has termed the announced hike in minimum support prices (MSP) a ‘historic betrayal’, and not a ‘historic increase’ as...

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Haryana government's hyped MSP scheme for vegetables comes a cropper -Sukhbir Siwach

-The Indian Express After the market rates crashed to Rs 1-2 per kg, only 565 tomato growers across Haryana received the average price difference payment of Rs 2,136. Kurukshatra: Jasbir Saini shows a message on his iBall mobile phone displaying an amount of Rs 296 credited to his bank account. That’s what the 47-year-old has received as “differential price” on the distress sale of his tomato crop under the Haryana government’s Bhavantar...

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Hike in MSP is political, say farmers -Sreenivasa Rao Dasari

-Deccan Chronicle Seek a state-level intervention corporation. Hyderabad: The latest decision of the Centre to enhance minimum support price (MSP) for 14 crops has triggered a fresh debate on the cost of production and the procurement mechanism. Farmers say that the increase in MSP was a mere political decision and nothing has happened in reality, while agriculture experts agree that lack of consensus and clarity on support price is further adding to...

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Farmer unions welcome MSP hike for Kharif crops -Anand Patel

-IndiaToday.in New Delhi: Farmer unions have welcomed hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops announced by the Centre on Wednesday, but said that the increase was well short of their expectations. All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) the umbrella body representing 194 farmer unions from across the country, has called the hike as old wine in a new bottle. An AIKSCC statement said that the Cabinet decision to fix...

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