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Farmers protests highlights:Were these policies not mentioned in Cong’s 2019 manifesto?: Nirmala

The farmers protest against the three agri laws passed by the Parliament in September enters Day 30 on Friday. Students from various universities have also joined the month-long movement against the government’s new laws for the agricultural sector. The government through Vivek Aggarwal, joint secretary in the Union agriculture ministry, again tried to bring the farmers on the table for sixth round of talks, as the farmers on Wednesday had dismissed the government’s initial proposal sent on Sunday.On Thursday, a three-member Congress delegation, including Rahul Gandhi, met with President Ram Nath Kovind to submit a memorandum aimed at repealing of the laws. Earlier in the day, several party leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were detained by the Delhi Police for trying to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan.Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar also met with two groups of farmers on Thursday. He claimed both of the groups to be in support of the government. Kisaan Majdoor Sangh’s 60 members and Kisan Sena’s 21 members met with the minister separately and expressed their motions pro the new farm laws. Tomar also showed the Kisan Majdoor Sangh’s letter of support.Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses farmers across the country and transferred Rs 18,000 crore as part of next batch of financial aid to farmers under the PM-Kisan scheme. The Centre is expected to transfer Rs 18,000 crore to 90 million farmers as part of the initiative to increase their income.Follow all the major highlights here:Farmers in Uttarakhand march against farm lawsFarmers in Uttarakhand took out a protest march against the recently passed farm bills. Protesters were seen ramming a tractor against police barricade in Udham Singh Nagar, according to video tweeted by news agency ANI. #WATCH | Protesters agitating against the new farm laws run a tractor over a police barricade in Bajpur, of the Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/aI97qNcg0UNirmala Sitharaman asks Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to clarify stance on farm billsFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi should answer if the same promises of reforms in the agricultural sectors were not promised in his party’s 2019 election manifesto. Sitharaman also said that Cong is not happy that it is PM Modi who is implementing the changes and not Congress. “I want to ask Rahul Gandhi that were these pro-farmers policies not mentioned in the 2019 election manifesto of Congress? They are protesting just because those reforms are being implemented by PM Modi, and not them,” she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Centre is open for talks with parties opposing farm laws, says PM ModiPM Modi called parties opposing new farm laws for talks, is the discussion will be based on facts. Our government will open-mindedly listen to the protesting parties, he added, while saying our government is for welfare of the farmers.New farm laws will allow technological intervention for value addition in agriculture, says PM ModiPrime minister in his address said new farm laws will allow technological intervention in agriculture and will make India known for quality and quantity. Technological advancement in agriculture will be value addition for farmers, said PM Modi.Farmers can now sell their crops wherever they want, says PM ModiPM Modi in his speech said farmers are allowed sell their crops wherever they want. If they want to sell it in Mandis, they can sell it there at any preferred cost or at MSP. Farmers also have the option to sell crops in different states or through FPOs or online as per their ease, Prime minister added.We increased MSP under the Swaminathan Committee: PM ModiPrime minister Modi talked about increasing Minimum Support Price (MSP) taking note from the Swaminathan Committee. He said our government worked for welfare of farmers that earlier governments never did. Our govt tried to decrease the input cost for the farmers: PM ModiFarmers have gained from the schemes launched by our government. During the interaction, as a farmer from Maharashtra cited benefits of PM-Fasal Bima Yojana, more than 90,000 crore farmers have benefitted from the insurance scheme, he said.PM lashes out at opposition for politicizing the issue and misleading farmersPM Modi during his address lashed out at opposition for misleading the farmers and politicizing the protest to gain traction. PM Modi addresses farmers across countryPM Kisan Samman Nidhi had ensured that there is no leakage while direct transfer of the funds. He also said it is very disappointing to see that only one state in the country is not the beneficiary of the scheme. Prime minister also attacked West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for not registering the state under the scheme and devoiding 70 lakh farmers of the state of the benefits. PM Modi interacts with beneficiaries of PM-Kisan scheme from six statesPrime minister interacts with beneficiaries of the scheme virtually. PM asks about the benefits reaped from contract farming, Kisan Credit Card and benefits of PM-Fasal Bima Yojana. He also asked farmers for their opinion on new farm laws and said opposition is trying to mislead farmers on the laws.PM Modi releases next batch of payment of Rs 18,000 crore under PM-Kisan SchemePM Modi released next installment of Rs 18,000 crore as part of next batch of financial aid to farmers under the PM-Kisan scheme.Union minister Tomar calls farmers for fresh talks to discuss farm lawsUnion agriculture minister Tomar during the address called the protesting farmers for fresh talks to end the deadlock and discuss on the new farm laws. Farmers benefitted from PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, says agriculture minister TomarPM Kisan Samman Nidhi has benefitted alot of farmers. Over 11 crore farmers have been registered under this scheme. Except for West Bengal, farmers from various states have been linked to the scheme. Farmers had received money under this scheme even in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic. Farmers thanked PM Modi for new laws; we will double farmers’ income by 2022: ThakurMany farmers have thanked PM Modi for the new agriculture laws. We will double farmers’ income by 2022. The government is ready to talk and clear doubts of the farmers who are protesting. A solution can be found only through dialogue, said Union minister Anurag Thakur, reports ANI.Security forces deployed on Delhi-UP border amid farmers stirSecurity force has been deployed on the Delhi-UP border.In view of the ongoing protests of farmers against agricultural laws, reports ANI.Chilla, Ghazipur border closed for traffic movements amid farmers stirChilla, Gazipur borders are closed for traffic coming from Noida and Ghaziabad to Delhi because of farmers protests. People are advised to take alternate route for coming to Delhi via Anand Vihar, DND, Apsara, Bhopra& Loni borders, alerted Delhi Traffic Police, reports ANI.Punjab Congress chief startles leadership by raising issue of MPs on dharnaThe Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar openly startled the party leadership on Thursday while the whole leadership was signing a memorandum on farm laws. He raised the issue of three party MPs from Punjab who are sitting on dharna. Accusing the senior leaders he said, MPs are sitting on a protest for last so many days but no leader has approached them, reports ANI.Khalsa Aid sets up Kisan mall at Tikri border for farmersDelhi: Khalsa Aid has set up Kisan Mall at Tikri border to provide items of daily use for free to farmers. "We distribute tokens to farmers with which they can procure items from here," says Guru Charan, store manager.(24.12) pic.twitter.com/imZ0Aq1h0O

Hindustan Times

25-12-2020

India