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Farmers reject Centre’s proposal on MSP on five crops
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In a setback, farm union leaders on Monday rejected the Centre's proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by...
Rahul pledges guarantee on MSP but Cong govt rejected Swaminathan Committee report in 2010
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In a redux of the farmers protest in 2020-21, a sizeable number of farmers marched from their villages in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar...
Farmers protest 2.0: How tenable is the MSP demand? Breaking down the numbers
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Almost two years after laying siege to the national capital, by farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi borders turned into a...
Cabinet approves up to 9% hike in MSP of wheat, other major Rabi crops
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The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved the increase of up to 9 per cent in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for...
Now, sunflower crop MSP & legal guarantee demanded; Tikait, Surjewala join the latest protest: Haryana
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Days after protesting sunflower growers were baton charged and forcibly evicted for blocking the National Highway-44 in near Kurukshetra in Haryana in support of...
Punjab, Haryana farmers stage protest; demand MSP on all crops
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Hundreds of farmers from both Punjab and Haryana under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Saturday marched towards the Raj Bhavan of...
Communists – rice procurement, ‘managing’ inflation & policy hypocrisy
Theoretically, Communist governments should see virtually zero inflation because prices for almost all goods and services were set by state agencies and changed only...
MSP distorts market prices of farm produce, planting decisions of farmers
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The Centre's Minimum Support Price results in overproduction of farm produce and limited demand for imports besides distorting market prices of the produce and...
Now, MSP Guarantee Kisan Morcha launched
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Demanding legal backing to an assured minimum support price (MSP) for their produce, a bunch of farmers' organisations came together to launch the MSP...
Farmers’ protest to continue for MSP, other issues: Tikait
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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait made it clear on Thursday that the protest by farmers will continue for Minimum Support Price (MSP)...