Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers end protest after Haryana govt promises paddy procurement from Oct 1

Kurukshetra: A group of farmers protested at Thanesar grain market on Wednesday to press for their demand to the Haryana government to start paddy procurement. The protesters also locked the office of the market committee in Thanesar. Earlier, farmers reached the grain market with their paddy crop loaded in tractor-trolleys and raised slogans against the Haryana government. The state government is starting paddy procurement from October 1, but the crop started to arrive in the grain market five days ago. The protesters claimed that the government had originally ordered to start procurement from September 25. After locking the office of Thanesar market committee, the farmers went to the Kurukshetra district mini-secretariat with their paddy-loaded tractor-trolleys and protested there. Thanesar sub-division magistrate Narender Malik reached the farmers and told them the government would be start paddy procurement from October 1, after which they lifted the protes. Stop crop-selling portal: BKU (Charuni) Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Charuni on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to Kurukshetra deputy commissioner (DC), demanding that Meri Fasal Mera Byora (MFMB) portal should be stopped. The union said a complaint centre should be established in all grain markets where farmers could take up their issues related to glitches in MFMB. “The portal should be closed, so farmers are able to sell their crop in the grain market like before. Farmers who fail to register in time due to glitches in the portal, don’t get minimum support price (MSP),” said BKU (Charuni) in the memorandum. “It is difficult to register details of land on MFMB portal. Many farmers farm on government land, panchayati land or shamlat, and their OTPs (one-time passwords) go to concerned BDPOs and the BDPOs do not share OTPs with farmers or they do not come on calls. In such a situation, it is hard for farmers to register their details,” said BKU (Charuni). It also demanded an increase in the per-acre limit of paddy which could be sold from 30 quintals to 35 quintals.

The Times of India

2021-09-30

Chandigarh