Farmers demanding legal backing for MSP, or minimum support price, and calling for it to include all 23 listed cash crops, resume their march on Delhi today, after rejecting the offer of a five-year contract to buy only pulses, maize, and cotton.
The Central government expresses readiness for the fifth round of talks with protesting farmers, offering discussions on issues such as MSP, crop diversification, and the stubble problem. Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda urges farmers to engage in peaceful dialogue. Security tightens as farmers resume the march to Delhi, facing tear gas at the Shambhu border. Earlier, farmers rejected the government s proposal for five-year contracts and guaranteed support prices.
Farmers, protesting at the two border points of Punjab and Haryana, will resume their Delhi Chalo march today after they rejected the BJP-led Centre s proposal for procuring pulses, maize and cotton at the MSP by government agencies for five years.
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Wednesday invited the protesting farmers for a fifth round of discussion on all issues including the MSP (minimum support price).The minister also.