Though a school dropout, Sarwan Singh Pandher has been associated with several student movements. Dallewal hails from Faridkot and gave the Dilli Chalo call along with Pandher.
Budget 2021 | Farmers dismiss Finance Minister’s claims on MSP hike
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Unions still demand C2 plus 50% as per Swaminathan panel report
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), one of the largest farmer unions in Punjab said ensuring 1.5 times the cost of production on crops does not help in addressing farmers’ plight as it does not provide a remunerative price.
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Unions still demand C2 plus 50% as per Swaminathan panel report
Several farmer outfits dismissed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s assertion in the Budget speech on Monday that there has been a sea change in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) regime to ensure at least 1.5 times the cost of production across all commodities, besides a steady increase in procurement of crops. The farmer groups termed the claim an ‘eyewash’.
Farmers occupy toll plazas in Haryana
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Prevent fee collection at National, State highways
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Police personnel stand along a highway on the Haryana-Rajasthan border to stop farmers from joining protests in Delhi against the recent agricultural reforms, in Rewari district on December 12, 2020.
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Prevent fee collection at National, State highways
Stepping up their protests for the repeal of the Centre’s recent agriculture laws, farmers affiliated to different unions on Saturday staged a
dharna, or sit-in, at several toll plazas on National and State highways in Haryana, and stopped the authorities from collecting fees from commuters.