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Dallewal sticks to earlier stand, says ‘no talks with Centre if Punjab is involved’
June 26, 2025 11:09 am
Dallewal reiterates SKM'S stance of excluding Punjab officials from Centre talks on MSP guarantee law .
Punjab Agriculture Policy 2023: Stuck in govt red tape, policy that pushes for farm reforms, offers urgent solutions to agrarian crisis
May 31, 2025 12:49 pm
The policy records several things — from the farm suicide data (up till 2018) to farm debt, including Rs 73,673 crore in institutional debt.
Centre announces MSP hike for 14 Kharif crops; highest for ragi, 3% increase for paddy
May 29, 2025 2:01 am
In absolute terms, the highest increase in MSP over the previous year has been for niger seed (Rs 820 per quintal) followed by ragi (Rs 596), cotton (Rs 589) and sesamum (Rs 579).
Knowledge Nugget: What you must know about the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for UPSC Exam
May 04, 2025 10:08 pm
The Centre on Wednesday increased the fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane. What is FRP? How is the price of sugarcane determined for farmers? How does FRP differ from MSP? Here's all you need to know. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to learn about the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
Central team seeks data from farmers on MSP guarantee; talks again on March 19
February 23, 2025 8:08 am
Like last time, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann skipped the meeting Saturday. The government was represented by his cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, and Food Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak.
Ahead of farmer-Centre meeting, a huddle and resolution to stay put on MSP demand
February 22, 2025 8:29 pm
The SKM's Punjab chapter once again reiterated that it will not back down from its demand for a legal guarantee ensuring the procurement of all crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) based on the Swaminathan Formula.
Talks between Centre and farmers inconclusive, next round on Feb 22
February 15, 2025 1:55 am
A 28-member delegation, representing the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, has spearheaded protests at Punjab’s Shambhu and Khanauri border crossings for the past year
Express View on farmers' protests: Income support, not MSP
January 21, 2025 7:02 am
The debate should move from guaranteeing minimum “prices” for crops to assuring some kind of a minimum “income” for farmers
Ashok Gulati writes: The reform and welfare India needs
January 20, 2025 5:25 pm
MSP framework needs a revisit. The competitive populism to give free food, power, or highly subsidised fertilisers, or pocket money in the name of Ladli Behna, is a race to the bottom
Yogendra Yadav writes: No, legal guarantee for MSP is not a "folly"
January 14, 2025 11:52 am
If the public sector banks could afford to write off Rs 2.08 lakh crore of debts and the government could waive Rs 1.09 lakh crore of corporate taxes in the same year (2022-23), why this unease about supporting farmers who feed the country?
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From Red Fort, PM Narendra Modi promises to double farmers' income by 2022
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
"A lot of people raise doubts about this. But we are firm in our decision. We want to excel in innovation and bring0-in record production of food grains," PM Modi said, talking about blue revolution, fish revolution, sweet revolution in the country.
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