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‘No mention of 23 crops, formula in manifesto’: Interview of Congress leader with The Wire shows party backtracking on Rahul Gandhi’s MSP promise
Praveen Chakravarty failed to name specific crops that the Congress party plans to procure at MSP if it is elected to power.
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal reveals true intention of ‘farmer’ protest, says PM Modi’s popularity graph rose due to Ram Mandir and it has...
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal claimed if PM Modi's popularity graph goes down, he would agree to anything
Modi government announces hike in MSP for Kharif crops for the 2023-24 season
According to an official press release, the hike in MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 is consistent with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of "setting the MSP at least 1.5 times the All-India weighted average Cost of Production, with the goal of providing farmers with relatively fair remuneration."
Farmers’ income increased 1.5 to 2 times between the financial years 2018-2022: Here is what the latest SBI research says
In Karnataka, the average annual income of cotton farmers doubled from ₹2.67 lakhs to ₹5.63 lakhs in last 5 years.
Punjab: After Modi Govt implements direct benefit transfer, agencies procure record wheat quantity, 9 lac farmers receive Rs 23,000 cr
A farmer named Gurdip Singh from Chak Kalan village said, "I am very happy with this system with money coming directly. I sold my entire crop to government agencies as the MSP was also better this time."
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan transfers ₹1500 crore to 75 lakh farmers under Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana
75 lakh farmers in Madhya Pradesh receive money in their bank accounts under the Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana
Rakesh Tikait attacks Mamata Banerjee over MSP, to move farmer protests to Bengal too
Tikait wants to take farmer protests to election-bound West Bengal in coming days.
Punjab: Amidst farmer protests, Centre makes an all-time high purchase of rice and cotton at MSP
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which is governed by the Union Ministry of Textiles, has reportedly purchased 85% of kapas (raw cotton) marketed for the month of December in Punjab.
Explained – The political crisis over crop procurement in Chhattisgarh and why paddy procurement has been stopped in the state
As mandis in Chhattisgarh overflow due to bonus announced by govt, both Congress and BJP blaming each other
Karnataka: Reliance Retail to buy 100 quintals of rice from farmers at prices higher than MSP
Reliance Retail has struck a deal with Swasthya Farmers Producing
Company (SFPC), which has 1100 registered paddy farmers.
