Earlier on Thursday, the Union Cabinet approved the increase in the minimum support price for Kharif crops to observe Kharif Marketing Year 2023-24.
As per the protesters, they had given the government time till Monday, but their demand was taken into account.
IIM-Ahmedabad has taken up Odisha’s achievement as a case study and is doing research on methodology Odisha adopted for successful implementation of NFSA and SFSS.
Hooda said it is certain that Bharatiya Janata Party-Jannayak Janta Party (BJP-JJP) coalition government will lose in the upcoming elections and Congress will form the government.
SKM will march to Raj Bhavan (Governor House), Shimla demanding legally guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, waiving off the debt of the farmers.
The government has hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for six Rabi crops like wheat, gram, lentils rapeseed, and mustard, among others, from Rs 100 to Rs 500 per quintal for the marketing season of 2023-24.
Sharma said the AAP government in Punjab should fulfill its own commitments it had made to the people of Punjab including the farmers.
“So the need of the hour is that the Union government must include Punjabi farmers in the committee so that their interests can be safeguarded” he added.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said it is not only unfair to exclude Punjab, but also violates principles of federalism.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday had alleged that there is no forward movement on the MSP issue.
