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Why a legal guarantee of MSP is fraught with challenges
Siraj Hussain •The farm unions demanding a statutory guarantee of minimum support prices marching towards Delhi have put the Government of India in a bind
Rising prices: Why India is in tomato trouble again
Indra Shekhar Singh •Reports indicate that tomato prices have jumped 445 percent, surpassing the cost of petrol. McDonald’s also announced the removal of tomatoes from their burgers due to the skyrocketing prices
How Modi government's MSP policy boosts agricultural income, social security and distributive justice
Priyam Barooah •Strengthening the Minimum Support Price is a major requirement to increase rural income as there has been a substantial increase in the cost of production due to a significant rise in key input prices
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's inept leadership led to farmers' crisis in Madhya Pradesh, says Congress' Ajay Singh
Indra Shekhar Singh •The story of Shivraj Singh Chouhan started from a dumper and will end in a dumper, says Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh stating that the Madhya Pradesh chief minister's reign may have started to wane
An organised, robust response to stubble burning is need of the hour
Roshan Shankar And Prasun Bansal •The solutions have to be viable, decentralised and scientific but for them to be truly sustainable they have to be economically viable for the farmer and markets where they engage
Why a farmers’ agitation 2.0 begins to roll out in Delhi
Arup Ghosh •Delhi is again seeing a farmers’ agitation 2.0. They are arriving from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and different parts of Uttar Pradesh
Explained: Why farmers are protesting in Delhi once again
Fp Explainers •Farmers belonging to different parts of the country have gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a day-long event to reiterate their demand for minimum support price and also raise the issue of unemployment in the country. Security arrangements were beefed up in the Capital ahead of the agitation
UP: SKM will commence 75-hour sit-in in Lakhimpur Kheri to advocate unmet demands
•The umbrella group comprising about 40 farm organisations, primarily demands the proper implementation of MSP for crops. Activists also urged the centre to stop providing alleged protection to minister and son involved in Lakhimpur Kheri violence last year
Farmer leaders from Punjab apprehensive about Centre's new committee on minimum support price
•Farmer leaders felt the committee should have limited itself to the issue of MSP while other topics such as ways to promote natural farming and crop diversification among others could have been dealt with separately
Explained: Why Stalin wants the Centre to advance paddy procurement by a month
Fp Explainers •A number of factors, including the early release of Cauvery water from Mettur dam and a promise of MSP for all Kharif crops ahead of sowing, have boosted the farmers’ confidence for a bountiful harvest in the Kharif marketing season