-The Hindu Business Line In Maharashtra, farmers have no right to decide the price of their own produce When farmers like Suresh Solanke enter the premises of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) at Dharur in Beed district of Maharashtra, they are not sure what will happen to their produce. Like all other APMCs in the State, the APMC at Dharur is dominated by politicians, who act as directors and run the show...
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From Narmada Bachao Andolan to farmer protests: Why the media must record history -Kalpana Sharma
-Newslaundry.com Doing so is not being partisan, it’s the role of the media to document for future generations. In his usual dramatic style, prime minister Narendra Modi pulled another rabbit from his topi on November 19. After a year of ignoring the thousands of farmers protesting at the gates of the national capital, demanding the repeal of the three farm Laws rammed through parliament by his government, after dismissing their agitation as nothing...
More »Modi makes ‘farm outreach’ with Jewar airport project -Virendra Singh Rawat
-RuralVoice.in Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Rs 30,000-crore Jewar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh (UP) today, he made a subtle outreach to the farmers too in the wake of protests over the three central farm Laws. Last week, Modi announced to repeal the contentious Laws and on November 24, the Union Cabinet approved his proposal. A bill will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament...
More »Farm Laws: Is MSP guarantee really the elixir that Indian agriculture needs? -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The concept is unreasonable and will be detrimental to the country’s agricultural system, feel experts On November 19, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision to repeal the three farm Laws, he also stated that the government would form a committee to discuss how the system of minimum support price (MSP) could be more effective. One of the key demands of the protesting farmers is that MSP is provided...
More »MSP won’t bankrupt India. It’s complex, but so is disinvestment -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in Debunking six myths about the MSP for BJP and allies, free-market wallahs, and ecological warriors. A spectre is haunting India’s ruling class – the spectre of MSP. Over the last few days, various sections of this ruling class – political allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party, economic ideologues of free-market and some ecological warriors – have entered into an unholy alliance to exorcise this spectre and stymie the possibility of India’s...
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