The agitated farmers sitting on Dehli borders said that now they will intensify their protests and sit on rail tracks and stage sit-in protests at DC offices across the country. The farmers have rejected the government’s proposal and have been demanding a rollback of the controversial farm bills.
Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar requested farmers to consider Center’s proposal. He insisted that the government is ready for further discussions. “We’re ready to talk on our offer too…. No law can be entirely defective. Government is ready to discuss the provisions that may adversely affect the farmers,” he said.
their earlier plan of blocking Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Agra highway by December 12, more farmers are likely to join the protests on Friday. Police have stepped up vigil on the border areas to ensure the protesters can’t block highways.
Farmers’ unions have said that the protest will be intensified and a date for railway track blockade across the country will be announced soon. Several trains — either originating from or terminating at Punjab — are regularly being cancelled, diverted, short-terminated because of the ongoing protests.
the ministry of information and broadcasting came out with a booklet highlighting agriculture reforms introduced by the government. Titled ‘Putting Farmers First’, the booklet discusses a great deal about the recent farm laws.
govt also claim the purchase on MSP during kharif has increased manifold .
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pardesh, Maharashtra and Bihar with purchase of over 362.31 LMTs of paddy up to 09.12.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 298.79 LMT showing an increase of 21.25 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 362.31 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 55.96% of total procurement.
