Farmers protesting over MSP and farm laws clash with police at Mohali-Chandigarh border
Farmers marching towards Chandigarh’s Raj Bhavan clashed with police at the Mohali border as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to stop protesters.
Farmers marching towards Chandigarh’s Raj Bhavan clashed with police at the Mohali border as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to stop protesters.
“The government has increased the MSP of Kharif crops for Marketing Season 2026-27 to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce,” Vaishnaw said.
A prominent voice of Delhi’s rural belt Chaudhary Surender Solanki on Friday welcomed the government’s decision to resume procurement of wheat from the farmers of the national capital at Minimum Support Price (MSP), something that had not happened for a couple of years.
A war of words has erupted between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with the former accusing the BJP-led Union government of being anti-farmer and of directing the discontinuation of the bonus above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy.
HAFED has termed a news item published in a leading national Hindi daily on April 1, 2026, regarding the incorrect Minimum Support Price (MSP) of sunflower seed mentioned in procurement instructions issued by HAFED, as misleading and far removed from the facts.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the minimum support price (MSP) of raw jute for marketing season 2025-26.
Additionally, Rs 78 crore has been given to farmers as interest on delayed payments after crop purchases. Meanwhile, in Punjab, both the previous Congress government and the current Aam Aadmi Party government have failed to support farmers, as crops are not being purchased at MSP.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred till January 2 the hearing on a contempt plea seeking action against the Chief Secretary of Punjab for not complying with its earlier orders, where the Punjab government was directed to hospitalise farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
The Chief Secretary, and the Director General of Police of Punjab appeared in the hearing through video-conferencing.
In India too, the farmers organised their march to Delhi with MSP as their primary demand, early this month.
