New Delhi: The government is preparing to seek cabinet approval for its decision to repeal agricultural laws in its next meeting on Wednesday. Samyukta Kisan Morcha ,SKM) – the joint body of farmer unions leading the current protests – wrote to the Prime Minister on Sunday Narendra Modi Urged them to resume talks immediately farmersSix demands including legal guarantee for purchase of crops at Minimum Support Price (MSP)
He said, ‘You appealed to us to go back to your home…we also want to go back and reconcile the pending issues and join our families. If you want the same, then the government should immediately resume talks with the SKM on six issues. Till then, the front will continue this agitation,” the SKM said in its email to the Prime Minister.
Listing six demands, including three new ones, the SKM said, “You must be fully aware that the repeal of the three black laws is not the only demand of this movement. Since the beginning of talks with the government (last year) The Morcha had raised three additional demands.
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Apart from the legal guarantee of MSP, the other five demands of the SKM include withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill, abolition of provisions of penalty for burning stubble in the Air Quality Management Law Commission, cases against farmers registered during protests in various states. Includes withdrawal. The sacking and arrest of junior home minister Ajay Kumar Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, and compensation to the kin of nearly 700 farmers killed during the protests and allocation of a site for setting up a memorial for them at the Singhu border.
The SKM said the last three demands in the list of six are new additions, which have arisen during the “historic agitation in the past one year” and hence these also need to be resolved immediately.
In the meantime, these demands will be considered.Kisan Mahapanchayat‘ On Monday in Lucknow, when the farmer leaders will give reasoning behind these demands and will strongly advocate for the sacking and arrest of the junior home minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Welcoming the PM’s announcement on Friday about the Centre’s decision to repeal three agriculture laws, the SKM said in its email to him that farmers now expect their government to “fulfill the promise at the earliest and fully “.
Referring to the issue of MSP in the list of demands, the Morcha has sought not only a legal guarantee, but also to fix the MSP on the C2+50% formula (estimated cost of capital and farmers’ own land). but comprehensive cost including rent) instead of the existing practice of following A2+FL (all paid cost incurred by farmers and value of family labor) while arriving at the support price for 23 crops.
The Morcha will meet again on November 27 – two days before the start of the Parliament session and their scheduled tractor march to Parliament – and will take a call on its future course of action keeping in mind the developments in the cabinet.
Government sources involved in the paperwork related to repeal of agricultural laws indicated the possibility of discussing the formation of the committee, as announced by Modi on Friday at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Announcing the decision to repeal agricultural laws, PM Modi said on Friday that the government will constitute a committee to decide on matters like promotion of ‘zero budget farming’ (natural farming), keeping in mind the changing requirements. Will change the cropping pattern scientifically. Make the MSP of the country more effective and transparent.
He said, ‘You appealed to us to go back to your home…we also want to go back and reconcile the pending issues and join our families. If you want the same, then the government should immediately resume talks with the SKM on six issues. Till then, the front will continue this agitation,” the SKM said in its email to the Prime Minister.
Listing six demands, including three new ones, the SKM said, “You must be fully aware that the repeal of the three black laws is not the only demand of this movement. Since the beginning of talks with the government (last year) The Morcha had raised three additional demands.
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Apart from the legal guarantee of MSP, the other five demands of the SKM include withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill, abolition of provisions of penalty for burning stubble in the Air Quality Management Law Commission, cases against farmers registered during protests in various states. Includes withdrawal. The sacking and arrest of junior home minister Ajay Kumar Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, and compensation to the kin of nearly 700 farmers killed during the protests and allocation of a site for setting up a memorial for them at the Singhu border.
The SKM said the last three demands in the list of six are new additions, which have arisen during the “historic agitation in the past one year” and hence these also need to be resolved immediately.
In the meantime, these demands will be considered.Kisan Mahapanchayat‘ On Monday in Lucknow, when the farmer leaders will give reasoning behind these demands and will strongly advocate for the sacking and arrest of the junior home minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Welcoming the PM’s announcement on Friday about the Centre’s decision to repeal three agriculture laws, the SKM said in its email to him that farmers now expect their government to “fulfill the promise at the earliest and fully “.
Referring to the issue of MSP in the list of demands, the Morcha has sought not only a legal guarantee, but also to fix the MSP on the C2+50% formula (estimated cost of capital and farmers’ own land). but comprehensive cost including rent) instead of the existing practice of following A2+FL (all paid cost incurred by farmers and value of family labor) while arriving at the support price for 23 crops.
The Morcha will meet again on November 27 – two days before the start of the Parliament session and their scheduled tractor march to Parliament – and will take a call on its future course of action keeping in mind the developments in the cabinet.
Government sources involved in the paperwork related to repeal of agricultural laws indicated the possibility of discussing the formation of the committee, as announced by Modi on Friday at the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Announcing the decision to repeal agricultural laws, PM Modi said on Friday that the government will constitute a committee to decide on matters like promotion of ‘zero budget farming’ (natural farming), keeping in mind the changing requirements. Will change the cropping pattern scientifically. Make the MSP of the country more effective and transparent.
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