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Empty Budget : Farmers Unions Allege Centre Gave Least Priority to Agriculture
The share of agriculture and allied activities in the total budget fell from 5.1% last year to 4.3%.
Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav at Ghazipur border in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Mohali: The unions which have been at the forefront of the farmersâ struggle against agri-marketing reforms for the last six months have expressed disappointment over the Union budget for agriculture presented today.
In a pre-budget and post-budget analysis, farmersâ leaders Yogendra Yadav, Avik Saha, Kavita Kuruganthi, Kiran Vissa and other agricultural experts said that the Union budget presented on Monday âhas proved the farmersâ apprehensions right â that this government is on a path of withdrawing support to agriculture, not strengthening it.â
Union Budget 2021 | Budget sends mixed signals on farm sector
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Farmers seen during their protest on new farm law issue at Singhu border
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Farmer advocates not impressed by on-ground impact of budget announcements
The Union Budget sent mixed signals to the tens of thousands of farmers who have been protesting on Delhi’s borders for the last two months, and the wider agricultural community.
On the one hand, the budget allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare was slashed 8.5% in 2021-22. The flagship PM-KISAN scheme, meant to provide income support to farmers, saw a 13% drop in its budget, which is ₹10,000 crore lower than last year’s initial allocation.
Hyderabad: Farmers mark Republic Day with vehicle rally against farm laws
By Mohammed Hussain| Updated: 26th January 2021 7:56 pm IST Farmer took out vehicle rally from from Saroor Nagar to Uppal X roads, in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (Photo: Mohammed Hussain/Siasat.com)
Hyderabad: Farmers here took out an 18-kilometre ‘Vehicle Parade’ in protest against the three farm laws and to pledge their support to the ‘tractor rally’ carried out by their counterparts in Delhi on the eve of India’s 72nd Republic Day.
The farmers are protesting against three controversial agricultural laws, demanding their repealing and the legalized procurement of crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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Updated Jan 27, 2021, 12:33 am IST
Though permission for the procession was initially refused by the Hyderabad police, it was allowed following intervention by the High Court
Farmers and people participate in the Parade for Farmers in Hyderabad rally from L B Nagar to Uppal, organised by All India Kishan Sangharsh Coordination committee on Tuesday. (DC Image/P.Surendra)
HYDERABAD: Farmers from Telangana on Tuesday participated in a long procession in Hyderabad with their tractors and other vehicles in solidarity with farmers protesting in Delhi for over past two months demanding rollback of the three agriculture laws enacted by the central government.