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.
Cheema pointed out that there has been no increase in the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, nor any concrete assistance to strengthen mandi and market infrastructure, leaving agrarian states deeply disappointed.
He alleged that the AAP, which was in power for a decade in the national capital, is now unable to withstand the progress and work done by the BJP government in just seven months, with the results visible on the ground.
The AAP government has urged the Union government to allocate a special package to the state to compensate it for the industrial packages given to hill states by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
This year the sowing was done over 1.25 lakh acres (50,000 hectares), an increase of around 70,000 acres from the previous season.
After a meeting with farmer union leaders, the CM announced a fresh schedule for staggered sowing of paddy to 14 June and 17 June thus restricting the number of total zones as decided earlier from four to just two.
Addressing a gathering during a function organised to distribute compensation to farmers who have lost their crop due to Pink worm attack, the CM said it is unfortunate that food growers get the compensation after a long and troublesome process of assessment of crop loss.
Addressing reporters after leading an Akali delegation to submit a memorandum to the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Badal said Punjab farmers had been robbed of over Rs 25000 Crore by the state government’s “devious and surreptitious decision” to substantially lower the collector rates for the farmers’ lands affected by the acquisition”.
Capt Amarinder castigates the Centre over its 'one-sided decision' to impose the controversial farm laws and the direct bank transfer (DBT) scheme on Punjabs farming community
Denying bonded labour in Punjab, CM says Centre 'spreading misinformation' about state's farmers
