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The Centre has made it compulsory for States to make direct bank transfers to farmers for the foodgrains procured The Punjab government has procured 84.15 lakh tonnes (lt) of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season and has remitted ₹10,085 crore into farmers’ accounts directly through online payment for the purchase.
“Till Sunday, we have transferred ₹10,085 crore to farmers through direct bank transfer,” Punjab Principal Secretary K A P Sinha told
BusinessLine. The State plans to procure a total of 130 lt of wheat from Punjab’s farmers this season, he said.
The direct online payment is significant as it comes amidst the ongoing protests by farmers of Punjab and Haryana against the new farm laws passed by the Centre in September last year. The direct payment is seen as a move to sideline
Punjab unions cancel mahapanchayats, urge farmers to return to Delhi
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Move comes as crowds dwindle at protest sites outside Delhi
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Crowds of farmers seen thinning out at a protest site in Delhi on February 16, 2021.
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Move comes as crowds dwindle at protest sites outside Delhi
With the crowds of Punjab farmers starting to thin out at the Singhu and Tikri protest sites on the Delhi-Haryana border, Punjab’s farmers union leaders have decided to cancel plans for large mahapanchayat gatherings in their State and mobilise people to come to Delhi instead. They hope that large mobilisation for a countrywide rail roko protest on Friday will prove a turning point in their demands for the Centre to repeal three farm reform laws and give them a legal guarantee for remunerative prices.