New Delhi: Reaffirming the federal government’s dedication to defending the welfare of farmers, Union Minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday stated that the federal government is open to many points, and so they can work on methods to seek out options. The Union Minister in response to the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, additionally urged the farmers to remain cautious of parts that attempt to vitate the environment.
“The federal government is getting data that many individuals may attempt to pollute the environment, I urge the farmers to remain cautious of such parts. The federal government of India is dedicated in the direction of the welfare of farmers. An settlement has been reached on some issues. We’re open to many points, and we are able to work on methods to seek out options,” Munda stated.
When requested in regards to the demand to enact a legislation guaranteeing a minimal assist value (MSP) for all crops, as really useful by the Swaminathan Fee report, the Union Minister stated that the federal government had agreed on many such issues.
“The federal government had agreed on many such issues and the dialogue had moved forward, however relating to some points, I really feel that there could also be some individuals in it who wish to see it as an issue as an alternative of an answer, however I might request the farmers to be cautious of these individuals who wish to make the whole atmosphere unfavourable,” he stated.
Arjun Munda is among the many crew of ministers holding talks with the farmer leaders that additionally consists of Meals and Shopper Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal, MoS Nityanand Rai and Punjab Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal.
In the meantime, the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border witnessed chaotic scenes on Tuesday because the protesting farmers marching in the direction of Delhi tried to interrupt police barricades.
Farmers had been seen making an attempt to take away the cement barricade with their tractors as they tried to cross the Shambhu border. The police fired tear gasoline to disperse the protestors at Punjab-Haryana Shambhu Border as they tried to breach the mutli-layered barricades.
The police have deployed concrete slabs, iron nails, barricades, barbed wires, police and paramilitary personnel at Kurukshetra in Haryana in view of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march by the farmers.
Earlier within the day, Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Common Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher stated that every one efforts had been made within the assembly to discover a answer to keep away from a confrontation with the federal government including that they anticipated a constructive consequence.
The farmers have put forth 12 calls for earlier than the central authorities for which they’re marching to Delhi. The protest this time has been known as by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee led by farmer union leaders Jagjeet Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher.
In accordance with the protesting farmers, the centre promised them higher crop costs after which they ended the 2021 protest. They’re demanding to enact a legislation guaranteeing a minimal assist value (MSP) for all crops, as really useful by the Swaminathan Fee report.
They’re additionally demanding an entire debt waiver and a scheme to offer pensions to farmers and farm labourers. The farmers have additionally urged to scrap the Electrical energy Modification Invoice 2020 and are demanding to reintroduce the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, guaranteeing consent from farmers and compensation at four instances the collector charge.
Additional, they’re demanding to punish these concerned within the Lakhimpur Kheri killings. They’re additionally demanding an entire debt waiver and a scheme to offer pensions to farmers and farm labourers.
The farmers have additionally urged to scrap the Electrical energy Modification Invoice 2020 and are demanding to reintroduce the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, guaranteeing consent from farmers and compensation at four instances the collector charge. Additional, they’re demanding to punish these concerned within the Lakhimpur Kheri killings.
An attraction to offer 200 days of employment per yr and a every day wage of Rs 700 beneath Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) linking it with farming has additionally been made by the farmers. Additionally, a requirement to offer compensation to the households of farmers who died throughout the protests in 2021 and a job for any member of the family has been put in place.
