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FPJ Exclusive: We ll see how to get farmers support for the laws, says Arun Ghanvat, who is part of the 4-member committee announced by SC
FPJ Exclusive: We ll see how to get farmers support for the laws, says Arun Ghanvat, who is part of the 4-member committee announced by SC
Mumbai: Shetkari Sanghatana President Arun Ghanvat, who is part of the four-member committee announced by the Supreme Court to examine the contentious new farm laws, has been an ardent supporter of the new legislations. In an exclusive interview with The Free Press Journal, Ghanvat says he thanks the Punjab farmers for bringing the agriculture policy centre stage for discussion.
Opposition misleading farmers, MSP to continue as usual: Shah
New Delhi, Dec 25 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the entire opposition parties including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, have been misleading farmers of the country on the new three farm Acts and restated that Minimum Support Price (MSP) was to continue as earlier.
Addressing a gathering of farmers at Mehrauli here just before the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the farmers, he said that despite the assurance from Mr Modi on MSP and other provisions of the farm laws, the Centre is always ready to discuss their apprehensions of the farmers if they have any.
Within an economy, one expects some geographical specialisation depending on natural resources and land fertility. Obviously, mines would have to be in Jharkhand. For that reason, Punjab was selected for the Green Revolution. One cannot really expect all states to be efficient in production of all goods. But Punjab then becomes an intriguing case. The question then is: What should be the unit for “development”?
The second thing that happens due to an agricultural revolution is that labour released from farms can be shifted to industry. But hardly any industrialisation has occurred in Punjab. Punjab remains an “agricultural” state and, unfortunately, is proud about it. The current agitation, in a very fundamental sense, is a reflection of the lack of industrialisation. In Bihar, too, hardly any industrialisation has occurred and so the landless, marginal and small farmers migrate to other states. But in Punjab, this class of people is not as poor as the Bihari farmer who migr
CJI remembers Shetkari Saghatana for resolving farmers agitation KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/17/2020 1:41:08 PM
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde on Wednesday remembered his namesake late Sharad Joshi, a farmer leader of Maharashtra as he dropped hints of inducting the ShetkariSaghatana founded by him and its friendly Khedut Mandal of Gujarat in a committee he hinted to form to resolve the farmers agitation on Delhi borders that has completed three weeks.
Himself hailing from Maharashtra, Bobde has seen the Sanghatana in action in numerous agitations in Maharashtra and as such he dropped hints to include Sanghatana in the committee likely to be constituted on T
Vibha Sharma
New Delhi, December 17
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday wrote an eight-page open letter to farmers, reiterating benefits of the three Farm Acts while cautioning them against those trying to mislead them, urging them “with folded hands” to consider the facts without any outside influence.
Tomar said the government is ready to give a written assurance on MSP and address their concerns in the three laws. Stating that most of the farmers are happy with the new farm bills, he said confusion has been created by a certain section as part of a conspiracy. Tomar also said as someone belonging to a farmer’s family he is well aware of the hardships they face as farmers.