Shivraj Singh reaffirmed the government’s commitment to providing the Minimum Support Price amid farmers’ protests over the MSP

INN/New Delhi, @Infodeaofficial

The government declared today that it is committed to providing a Minimum Support Price that is at least 50% more than the cost of producing crops, despite farmers’ protests over the MSP and other demands. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan responded to Rajya Sabha supplementaries by stating that the Centre is committed to the welfare of farmers and has increased MSP on a number of commodities.

According to the Minister, MSPs that are at least 50% more than the county’s cost of production are being used to purchase crops like as paddy, wheat, jowar, bajra, ragi, maize, tur, and moong. He went on to say that the MSP is 100% for certain crops. According to the minister, there was no MSP agricultural procurement during the previous UPA administration. Additionally, he said that the current government had accepted the M. S. Swaminathan Committee’s recommendation that the UPA regime reject the demand for at least 50% more than the cost of production crops.

At the border between Haryana and Punjab, a few farmers’ unions are demonstrating in favour of a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price for crops, among other things. In an effort to get their demands met, they too intend to march towards Delhi.

Internet to be shut off in 11 Ambala villages

Haryana Home Secretary Sumita Mishra has ordered the internet to be shut off in 11 Ambala villages that are close to the Punjab-Haryana border in response to the farmers’ protest. Thirteen police companies and one CRPF and BSF unit have been deployed along the Khanauri border. Over 1500 workers have been dispatched in total. Twenty highway buses, three JCBs, three Vajra vehicles, water cannon vehicles, and seven police buses have all been parked.

In a 30-kilometer radius, three locations have undergone three-level barricading. There is three layers of barricading along the Shambhu border. A cement wall has been constructed by Haryana Police. There are paramilitary and police forces present. There are roughly 1,000 police and paramilitary jawans stationed beneath the bridge. There are also ambulances and Vajra vehicles. Around 1500 farmers have gathered here as of right now.