Tamil Nadu: Delta farmers want chief minister M K Stalin to meet anti-farm law protesters in Delhi
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Tamil Nadu: Delta farmers want chief minister M K Stalin to meet anti-farm law protesters in Delhi
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TRICHY: Delta farmers have put forward a slew of issues for chief minister M K Stalin to raise with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he meets him in Delhi on June 13. In a letter to Stalin on Saturday, Thanjavur district Cauvery farmers’ protection association urged him to demand repeal of the three farm laws enacted by the Union government. The CM must also meet the protesting farmers in Delhi and extend his support to them, said the outfit’s Thanjavur district secretary S Vimalanathan. The association appreciated the central government for implementing PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana which entitled small and marginal farmers to an income support of Rs 6,000 a year in three instalments. He said the assistance must be raised to Rs 12,000 and tenant farmers brought under the scheme. “Several lakh farmers have been cultivating on the leased lands of temples, mutts and other religious institutions. They should also be given financial assistance under the scheme,” said Vimalanathan. He also demanded a CBI inquiry into alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore under the scheme in Tamil Nadu. The association also wanted the CM to appeal to the PM to write off crop loans taken from national banks also.
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The Times of India
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2021-06-14
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Trichy