Workers, farmers unions to protest in Delhi on April 5 for wages, pension

Guaranteed procurement of all farm produce and scrapping of 4 labour codes are among their other demands

Three unions said on Tuesday thousands of workers and farmers will march in Delhi on April 5 to demand more as minimum wage, pension, and guaranteed procurement of all farm produce.

“Enhancing minimum wages to Rs 26,000 per month and universal pension to Rs 10,000 per month along with the scrapping of the contractualisation of work and legally ensuring minimum support price (MSP) at the C2 + 50 per cent formula are going to be our primary demands,” said Hannan Mollah, vice president of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) at a press conference.

The protest by AIKS, Centre for Trade