In September this year, the Narendra Modi government increased the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops. Still, the thousands of farmers are sitting at the Delhi borders for a week seeking a guarantee that the government will not end the MSP regime. Photo: PTI Different farmers' unions have slightly different demands ranging from total withdrawal of the three farm laws …
The Union Cabinet has approved hike in Minimum Support Price for Rabi crops such as Wheat and Gram. The new farm bills will help farmers widen the range and market area to sell their produce and also negotiate for a better price. The government proposed three new farm bills, out of which two have already been passed in both the …
Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are up in arms against the Centre’s agriculture-related Bills as they fear their enactment — one of these has already been passed in the Lok Sabha — would be a step towards the abolition of the Minimum Support Price regime. “After the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, which aims to open up agricultural marketing …