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Farmers threaten agitation if sunflower is not procured at MSP in Haryana

With farmers at 'mahapanchayat' threatening agitation if sunflower is not procured at MSP in Haryana, wrestler Punia extended support

Farmers gather in Haryana for MSP on sunflower crop, release of leaders

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, who is expected to reach the protest site Pipli in Kurukshetra district, has already threatened a larger agitation than the year-long protest

MSP announced by Modi govt inflicting losses on farmers, says AIKS

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Thursday slammed the Centre over the recently announced MSP for the Kharif Season, and alleged that it is inflicting "huge losses" on farmers. The Union government on June 7 announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the Kharif Season 2023-24. "The MSP announced is unfair, belies the hopes of the farmers and inflicts huge losses on their incomes. Rather than doubling farmers' incomes as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, rising input costs coupled with unfair MSP will push large sections of the farmers, especially the small, marginal, middle farmers as well as tenants into indebtedness," the AIKS said in a statement. AIKS President Ashok Dhawale said the government has not kept its promise that the MSP will be given according to the Swaminathan Commission recommendation of C2 (production cost definition) plus 50 per cent. "It still remains a 'chunavi jumla' (unfulfilled election promise). Not a single crop has its MSP fixed as per this

MSP increase to impact CPI inflation by 10-12 basis points, says RBI

'Banks have been cautious. I think there is still some amount of liquidity sitting there', said Das

Farmers protest for MSP; Congress dubs Centre, Haryana govt anti-farmer

The Congress on Wednesday slammed the BJP governments at the Centre and Haryana, accusing them of being "anti-farmer" and breaking their promises every day.

Farmers block national highway near Shahabad on sunflower MSP issue

A large number of farmers on Tuesday afternoon blocked the national highway near Kurukshetra's Shahabad, demanding that government should procure sunflower seed at the MSP. The farmers blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh NH near Shahbad after a call was given by BKU (Charuni) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni. The protesting farmers claimed that the government was not buying sunflower seeds at the minimum support price, and as a result, they were forced to sell their produce to private buyers at around Rs 4,000 per quintal against Rs 6,400 MSP. Charuni said the government should procure the sunflower seeds at the MSP of Rs 6,400 per quintal. The protesters said they had given the government time till Monday, but their demand was not heeded. The farmers gathered at the protest site and crossed police barricades and blocked the NH, with some bringing their vehicles laden with sunflower seeds. Police had to divert traffic through other routes and link routes after the protesters blocked the ...

Despite hoping for better prices this season, rain dampens farmers' returns

Growers are staring at lower margins due to unexpected downpour during the March harvest. However, the FCI has come to their rescue

29% uptick in Madhya Pradesh farmers registering to sell wheat at MSP

Among other major wheat producers, procurement in Punjab is targeted at 13.2 mt, Haryana at 17.5 mt, and UP at 3.5 mt

Cabinet on Economic Affairs approves MSP for raw jute for 2023-24 season

The MSP of raw jute (TD-3 equivalent to earlier TD-5 grade) has been fixed at Rs 5,050 per quintal for 2023-24 season

Lift mustard futures ban, raise import duty: Trade body to Centre

The associations said the measures were extremely necessary to stop the free fall in mustard seed prices

Farmers stop onion auction at Lasalgaon APMC over drop in prices

In the wake of a consistent drop in the onion prices, angry farmers stopped the auction of the key kitchen staple on Monday at Maharashtra's Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), Asia's biggest onion market. The price per kilogram of onion came down to Rs 2 to Rs 4, which angered the growers. A representative of the onion growers said the government should immediately declare a grant of Rs 1,500 per quintal of onions and purchase their produce at Rs 15 to Rs 20 per kg, or else they will not let the auction resume at the Lasalgaon APMC, located in Nashik district. As soon as the auction process began as the market opened for the week on Monday, onions fetched a minimum price of Rs 200 per quintal, the maximum rate of Rs 800 per quintal and an average price of Rs 400-450 per quintal. As a result, the angry farmers led by the Maharashtra Rajya Kanda Utpadak Sanghatana stopped the auction of onions and started an agitation. On Saturday 2,404 quintal onions arrived at

Chana, mustard likely to trade around MSP, wheat much above it

The MSP of mustard for 2023-24 is Rs 5,450 per quintal

Budget 'betrays' farmers, no mention of MSP: SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday accused the Centre of "cheating" farmers and said there was no mention of Minimum Support Price, as promised to the protesting farmers, in the Union Budget 2023-24. Participating in a debate on the budget in Lok Sabha, the former Union food processing industries minister said farmers were sitting at Delhi borders for months, but no central ministers visited them. "Farmers were at Delhi borders for a year... 800 farmers lost their lives, did any minister visit them?" she asked. "The government asked the farmers to end their protest and promised them a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP). It is not even mentioned in the budget," she said. Badal said words like 'aatmanirbhar' (self-reliant) and 'achche din' (good days)were missing from the budget. "The budget has new 'jumlas' (gimmicks), new names, and neither unemployment nor inflation were mentioned. But the biggest betrayal is to the farmers," she said. "The government is pat

SKM to hold demonstration in Delhi in Mar demanding legal guarantee for MSP

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of various farmer unions, will hold a demonstration in Delhi in March in support of its various demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price. It was announced by SKM leader Darshan Pal during Kisan Mahapanchayat held in Haryana's Jind. Farmers from various states including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand took part in the Kishan Mahapanchayat on the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha. Besides Pal, several farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Joginder Singh Ugrahan and Harinder Singh Lakhowal attended the gathering. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which had spearheaded a protest against the now-repealed three farm laws, had been demanding a legal guarantee for minimum support price. Their demands also include withdrawal of cases against farmers, pension, debt waiver, sacking of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, ..

Green peas growers in MP stage protest, demand fixed MSP for open market

Farmers engaged in the cultivation of green peas have staged a protest on Jabalpur-Bhopal national highway after getting low prices for their produce and demanded the Madhya Pradesh government fix a minimum support price for it in the open market. The protest staged by farmers on Saturday is significant since the Madhya Pradesh government has selected green peas under one-district one-product scheme for Jabalpur district, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh national spokesperson Raghvendra Patel told PTI on Sunday. Green peas are grown on a large scale in the district and supplied to various other states, he said. "The farmers want the state government to fix the minimum price for the trading of green peas in the open market, he said. This has been a long pending demand of farmers from the district, he said. Currently, in the absence of such norms, farmers incur losses in the production of green peas if the rate per kilogram goes down in the open market - below the actual production cost per kg

Farmers to submit memorandum to Centre on legal guarantee for MSP: Charuni

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni on Thursday said the farmers will soon submit a memorandum to the Centre and Haryana government to fulfil their pending demands including legal guarantee for minimum support price for crops. "We will soon submit a memorandum to the Central and state governments to fulfil our pending demands including legal guarantee for MSP for crops," Charuni told reporters here. Charuni said that if the government does not take cognizance of their demands, they will adopt the path of agitation. On Thursday, BKU (Charuni) also held a rally in grain market at village Mohra near Ambala Cantt on the birth anniversary of farmer leader late Sir Chhotu Ram. A large number of farmers from Haryana and Punjab participated in the event. The BKU (Charuni) withdrew on Wednesday a call to block National Highway 44 in Ambala as Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij gave an assurance on its demand. The farmer union had given a call to block NH-44 on Thursday

Wheat procurement fell in Rabi season due to geopolitical situation: Govt

Wheat procurement as well as its minimum support price (MSP) to farmers and also number of farmers benefiting from minimum price fell in 2022-23 Rabi marketing season due to prevailing tensions

Statsguru: Six charts show the rise in MSP for rabi marketing season

The government's decisions on MSP are often said to be driven also with an eye on food inflation

Govt cheating farmers, MSP hike less than even inflation rate: Congress

The Congress on Saturday accused the Modi government of cheating farmers and said the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops announced by it is even lesser than the rate of inflation. Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said even as the BJP dispensation is patting its back for MSPs, it has in fact "duped the farmers" and claimed that their hard labour has got lost in the lights of Diwali. "The Modi government has once again cheated the farmers on the MSPs. The MSP of Annadata farmers' hard work got lost again in the lights of Diwali. The Modi government patted its back by announcing the MSP of rabi crops, but duped the farmer and left them to shed tears of blood," he said in a series of tweets in Hindi. Calling out the BJP for what it called as "fraud with farmers", he said the bitter truth is that the Modi government only announces MSP but does not buy crops on the MSP and demanded that the MSP law granting legal status to MSP is urgently required. "BJP's 'Shakuni Chausar'

Rabi sowing starts better than last year; but wheat sowing yet to begin

Harvesting of paddy has been delayed in the main states of Punjab, Haryana, UP and even Madhya Pradesh because of late withdrawal of southwest monsoon which has left the fields wet