-Newsclick.in Farmers' organisations said that the prices of seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, fuel and others have spiked the cost of production, but the paddy MSP has been increased by only Rs 1 per kg. Chennai: Paddy farmers in Tamil Nadu are disappointed with the recently fixed minimum support price (MSP) for paddy. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, on August 30, announced the paddy prices for the upcoming procurement season of 2022-23. It...
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MSP Revision a Betrayal of Our Movement, Covers Only Inflation Impact, Say Farmer Leaders -Ravi Kaushal
-Newsclick.in If rise in input costs is compared with new MSP, then in real terms, MSP has been reduced for 11 out 14 Kharif crops, the leaders said. New Delhi: Terming it a “cruel joke” on farmers, farmer organisations on Thursday said that the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of 14 crops for Kharif season 2022-23 announced by the Centre merely covers the impact of inflated prices of inputs including seeds,...
More »Eminent individuals oppose the appointment of Justice Arun Mishra as Chairperson of NHRC
-Press release by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) dated 2nd June, 2021 We, the members of various Human Rights Organisations and Concerned individuals, condemn the appointment of former SC Judge, Shri Arun Kumar Mishra, as the next Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India by the selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister. What is troubling is that the decision to appoint Justice Arun Kumar Mishra as NHRC...
More »CPIM’s All India Kisan Sabha plays key role in building solidarity for farmers’ protest -Saubhadra Chatterji
-Hindustan Times For the AIKS, the experience of 2014 movement against the land bill and the 2018 long march in Maharashtra came handy this time The CPIM in India had long mastered the art of issue-based support. It’s farmer arm, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), increasingly widened the scope of such pacts to stage big-ticket protests such as the ongoing farmers’ agitation in the National Capital Region. For the AIKS, a key participant...
More »Kisan Sabha welcomes Punjab Bills
-The Hindu Business Line All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), welcomed the four farm legislations passed by the Punjab Assembly and urged all other States to follow the model so that the Centre’s three farm laws can be nullified. AIKS General Secretary and senior CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah said the States and the Centre should enact a law promoting “Peasant-Worker Social Cooperatives” against corporatisation of agriculture. He said the passage of the Bills...
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