Farmers MSP

Assures adequate stocks if PMGKAY extended beyond December

Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders on Tuesday opposed the upcoming meeting of the committee on Minimum Support Price, calling the panel a farce and said nothing conclusive will come out of the talks

From farmers' plight to GST revenue, chief Ministers of States raised several issues in the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the Centre for not giving the state a representation in the committee formed on minimum support price

Adds that farm loan waivers benefitted just 50% of farmers since 2014; MSP has been instrumental in boosting incomes

If the very low extent of procurement under the MSP is any indication, the very scheme is inefficient, given the low intake and massive price differences between the support and market prices

Last month, Tomar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha had said the government was under the process of forming a committee on MSP

A day after the farmer unions gave ultimatum to the government on the issue of MSP, the Congress on Sunday questioned the government over the issue.

Congress MP Deepender Hooda moved an adjournment motion in Rajya Sabha demanding a legal guarantee of MSP, financial and employment help to families of farmers, who died during protests

A key member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on contentious three agricultural laws said panel's report is in favour of farmers and the report should be brought in public domain for a discussion

She says government's cronies are the common people of the country

Farmers on Monday began gathering at Gazipur border between Delhi-Uttar Pradesh for the proposed Kisan Tractor Rally on the eve of Republic Day

The practice of procurement from certain states has also resulted in regional disparities in production

The dilemma is that if farming is to be efficient, farmers will be worse off - and if farmers are to be better off farming will be worse off

Union leaders sit on Day-long fast; Kejriwal says laws will lead to inflation

If fewer hands were employed on the farms, incomes per head would rise for those who stay engaged in agriculture. Farmers would then not worry about assured product prices, writes T N Ninan.

Rajasthan has amended The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) Act, 2020 to restore what it calls 'the safeguards for the farmers of the state' as under state's APMC Act

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The President's assent to these bills comes amid the Opposition criticising the manner in which they were passed in Parliament.

This, even as states rushed to guard their turf and nullify the impact of the Bills