Amid the continuing farmers’ protest, Haryana has prolonged the ban on cellular web and bulk SMS companies in seven districts until February 19. The web companies will stay disrupted in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, and Sirsa. An order on this regard was issued by the Haryana Residence Secretary in view of the ‘Delli Chalo’ name given by farmers’ organisations. The federal government had earlier prolonged the suspension of cellular web from February 13 to February 15.
In line with a notification issued by the Haryana administration, bulk SMS and all dongle companies supplied on cellular networks, besides voice calls, will stay suspended in these seven districts.
In the meantime, the Central ministers will maintain a fourth spherical of talks with the farmer union leaders in the present day to discover a mutual answer for his or her calls for of authorized recognition of the Minimal Assist Value and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, together with on pricing mechanism. The central ministers had earlier held a gathering with the farmer leaders on February 8, February 12 and February 15 however the talks remained inconclusive.
Outstanding agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl and ICRIER agriculture scientist Dr Ashok Gulati have mentioned that giving MSP on all crops shouldn’t be sensible. Dr Johl, a former Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural College, mentioned that farmers ought to undertake the trail of negotiation over their calls for and likewise added that they need to be allowed to go to Delhi. He laid stress on talks to unravel the issues of farmers.
Citing examples of superior economies, Johl mentioned the US had in 2021-22 given greater than USD 42 billion to the farmers. He mentioned China and Japan additionally present subsidies to their farmers. In the meantime, Union Minister Arjun Munda mentioned that the federal government is hopeful that the problem will probably be resolved quickly.
