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Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat: Farmers say stir to go on until demands met

The Central government has held multiple rounds of discussions with those who are holding forth in the state borders

Madhya Pradesh set to offer Rs 125 per quintal bonus over MSP on wheat

With the bonus, the official purchase price for wheat in MP will be Rs 2,400 per quintal

Had govt brought law on MSP, farmers wouldn't be protesting again: Hooda

Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that farmers would not have been on a warpath with the government again had it brought a fourth law, alongside the three contentious agro-marketing legislations that were eventually repealed in 2021, to make buying farm produce below their MSPs an offence. The three 2020 laws that the government had said were essential for farm sector reforms were repealed in November 2021 after a prolonged farmers' protest spearheaded by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha. The agitating farmers were also demanding a law to grantee a minimum price for crops, but the government did not agree to this. Now, thousands of farmers from Punjab are again on the streets -- this time led by SKM's splinter group Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) (SKM-NP) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) -- demanding a legal guarantee for MSP for crops and farm-debt waiver. The have been camping out at the two border points -- Shambhu and Khanauri -- on Punjab-Haryana border for past .

Farmers promise peaceful protest, Centre says must continue discussions

Farmers protest latest news: Centre has estimated that nearly 14,000 people have gathered along the Punjab-Haryana border with 1,200 tractor-trolleys, 300 cars, 10 mini-buses as well as small vehicles

Opportunity lost

Farmers' rejection of govt scheme is disappointing

Five crops at MSP for five years: Centre's offer to protesting farmers

The fourth round of talks between farmers and Union ministers concluded late Sunday night

Rs 10 trn projects in UP: Urgent need to make farmers market-ready, says PM

His remarks are particularly significant given the ongoing protests by Punjab farmers, who are demanding a law guaranteeing the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism

Haryana Police fire tear gas shells as farmers gather at Shambhu border

Haryana Police on Friday fired tear gas shells to disperse protesting farmers when they moved towards the barricades at the Shambhu border near Ambala. The fresh confrontation comes on the fourth day of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march to demand a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Protesting farmers from Punjab have stayed put at the Shambhu and Khanauri -- two points on the state's border with Haryana. There were clashes between the farmers and Haryana Police personnel on the first two days of the protest as well. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had given the call for the 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the BJP-led central government to accept their demands. The farmers from Punjab began their march to the national capital on Tuesday but were stopped by security personnel at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points. Besides a legal guarantee of MSP, the farmers are demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commissi

Congress will give legal guarantee of MSP to every farmer: Rahul Gandhi

Farmer protests in Delhi: Rahul Gandhi said that the MSP will be given according to the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission

'Delhi Chalo': People are ready, waiting for direction, says farmer leader

Ahead of the 'Delhi Chalo' protest by farmers on Tuesday, farmer leader Lakhwinder Singh said that the people are ready adding that as soon as they get the direction, they will march forward

Farmers set to march towards Delhi, Punjab-Haryana borders fortified

Farmers will march towards Delhi on Tuesday after a meeting with two Union ministers over their demands, including legal guarantee to MSP for crops, remained inconclusive. Authorities in Haryana have fortified the state's borders with Punjab at many places in Ambala, Jind, Fatehabad, Kurukshetra and Sirsa using concrete blocks, iron nails and barbed wire to scuttle the proposed march. The Haryana government has also imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC in as many as 15 districts, prohibiting the assembly of five or more people and banning any kind of demonstration or march with tractor trolleys. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that farmers will head to Delhi on Tuesday to press the Centre to accept their demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops. The farmers have announced to start the march at 10 am. They plan to head to Delhi from the Ambala-Shambhu, Khanauri-J

Union ministers talk with farm leaders, farmers demand guarantee to MSP

A team of Union ministers on Monday evening held talks here with farmer leaders in a bid to dissuade them from their 'Delhi Chalo' march, and the Centre is learnt to have agreed to withdraw the cases against the farmers registered during the 2020-21 agitation. However, sources said farmer leaders were adamant on a legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops, which is one of their key demands. The ministers -- Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda -- held the second round of talks with the farmer leaders at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher, among others, were part of the meeting, which began at around 6:30 pm. The meeting continued till late night. During the meeting, the delegation of the Centre is learnt to have agreed to withdraw the cases agai

India set to become largest lentil producer in 2023-24 crop yr: Official

Says pitching for self-sufficiency in pulses, but imports will have to continue for sometime

Union cabinet approves increase in copra MSP for upcoming 2024 season

The agriculture ministry said that the MSP for the 2024 season has been hiked by Rs 300 per quintal for milling copra and Rs 250 per quintal for ball copra over the previous season

Proposal in works to buy 100K tonnes of maize at minimum support price

Broad contours of the purchase plan have been discussed

Delhi's AQI 'very poor' at 388 on Friday, Grap-3 rules to continue

Delhi Minister for Environment Gopal Rai on Thursday said that the city's air quality is expected to improve in the next two to three days

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Sops cast a shadow on paddy sale

Even as 15 days have passed since the state government started procurement at minimum support price (MSP), just about 400,000 tonnes of paddy has reached the centres

Maximising the minimum: A look at MSP promises in poll-bound states

Ensuring central procurement of surplus grains purchased by announcing hefty bonuses over the MSP is tricky

Onion Price Today: Azadpur mandi price falls, no relief in retail prices

The wholesale price of onions in Azadpur Mandi plunged to Rs 30-40 per kg. No relief in retail prices in Delhi NCR so far, but the government is selling onions at subsidised prices

Cabinet hikes DA by 4% for central govt employees; MSP hiked for 6 crops

The DA hike, effective from July 1, 2023, will lead to enhanced salaries for the month of November, along with arrears for the period from July to October