A year of Mandsaur agitation: Fundamental problems remain despite measures

Congress party has already announced a big agitation plan from Mandsaur on June 6

Despite the political heat to mark a year of the June 6 firing on farmers, experts cautioned that farmers’ unrest will not subside unless basic issues related to marketing of farm produce and guaranteeing minimum income are addressed. 

Political parties of all hues will assemble in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh to observe a year of the firing.  However, the Madhya Pradesh government has launched several initiatives to hedge farmers against price risks and is willing to take more measures including a direct income support on the lines of Telangana and Karnataka. 

Experts said many of the programmes started in