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  • Farm payments have potential to symbolize important step ahead for agricultural reforms in India: IMF

    Image Source : PTI Farm payments have potential to symbolize important step ahead for agricultural reforms in India: IMF
    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the farm payments handed by the Indian authorities have the potential to symbolize a big step ahead for agricultural reforms, a spokesperson of the organisation stated.

    There is, nevertheless, a have to strengthen the social security web for individuals who is perhaps adversely affected by the transition to the brand new system, Gerry Rice, Director of Communications at IMF, stated at a information convention in Washington on Thursday.

    “We believe the farm bills do have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms in India,” Rice stated.

    “The measures will enable farmers to directly contract with sellers, allow farmers to retain a greater share of the surplus by reducing the role of middlemen, enhance efficiency and support rural growth,” he added.

    “However, it is crucial that the social safety net adequately protects those who might be adversely impacted during the transition to this new system,” the spokesperson stated responding to a query on the continued protests by farmers in opposition to the legal guidelines within the nation.

    This might be executed by guaranteeing that the job market accommodates these which are impacted by the reforms, he stated.

    “And of course, the growth benefits of these reforms will depend, critically, on the effectiveness and the timing of their implementation, so need to pay attention to those issues as well with the reform,” Rice stated.
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  • Mika Singh launches water model, sends water ration to protesting farmers

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/MIKASINGH Singer Mika Singh 
    Singer Mika Singh has unveiled his water model and has despatched hundreds of water bottles to farmers. The farmers are at the moment protesting towards the Centre’s new farm legal guidelines. He has urged his followers to assist the farmers, too. Thousands of farmers have gathered to demand a repeal of the Centre’s three new farm legal guidelines. The protesting farmers are nervous that the brand new legal guidelines will remove the security cushion of a Minimum Support Price (MSP) and procurement system, whereas rendering ineffective the mandi system that ensures earnings for numerous stakeholders within the farm sector.
    “The farmers are not just protesting for their rights. It’s for the country. If the farmers are not looked after, the whole food chain gets disturbed. The farmers, especially the ones from Punjab, have really put up a brave face,” stated Mika.
    “We are doing whatever little we can in our own ways. I am with the farmers and I hope things get resolved soon and we come to a conclusion. The sight of farmers dying and being out there in the cold is unbearable. I request everyone to come and support,” he added.

    Earlier, standard Punjab singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh and Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar had prolonged assist to the farmers from Punjab, Haryana and different states. Diljit Dosanjh was additionally noticed at Singhu border within the National Capital Region (NCR), extending assist to the farmers agitating towards the brand new farm legal guidelines. He urged the federal government to just accept the calls for of the farmer.
    “I want to urge the government to accept the demand of farmers. I would also like to urge the media to support us, these farmers are sitting peacefully with their demands, please show that and support us,” Diljit stated, addressing the farmers and the media.
    The farmers protesting on the Delhi borders since November 26 are demanding the repeal of three new central farm legal guidelines.
    (With IANS Inputs)

  • Kangana Ranaut feedback on Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘vacation’ images; singer responds

    Actor Kangana Ranaut has as soon as once more focused Punjabi star and musician Diljit Dosanjh after the latter shared images from his trip. Clad in an orange overcoat and surrounded by snow, Diljit shared the photographs as we speak morning with a snowflake emoji.
    Referring to the continuing farmers’ protest within the nation and Dosanjh’s help to the protesters, Kangana tweeted, “Wah brother!! Desh mein aag lagake kisanon ko sadak le baitha ke local karantikaris videsh mein thand ka maza le rahe hain, wah!!! Isko kehte hain local kranti… (Amazing, brother! After inciting farmers and applauding their decision to protest in this biting cold, you are having quite the time vacationing abroad. This is what I mean when I talk about a ‘Local Revolutionary’).”

    Wah brother!! Desh mein aag lagake kisanon ko sadak le baitha ke native karantikaris videsh mein thand ka maza le rahe hain, wah!!! Isko kehte hain native kranti… 👍 https://t.co/oXepZw633y
    — Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) January 4, 2021
    Later, Diljit shared a put up on Twitter in Punjabi which learn, “Farmers are not that naïve, they cannot be swayed or influenced by what people like you or me have to say on this issue. They have a mind of their own. And you cannot seem to stop staring at my social media posts…Punjabis are waiting for your answer. Don’t think we have forgotten about you.”

    Kisaan Neyane Ni Ke Tere Mere Wargeya De Kehn Te Sadkan Te Beh Jaan Ge..
    Vaise Tainu Bulekha Zyada aa Apne Barey..
    PUNJAB NAAL C.. HAAN .. Te Raha Ge..
    Tu v Hatdi Ni Sara Din Mainu Hee Dekhdi Rehni an..
    Ah Jawab V Leyna Tere Ton Haley PUNJABI’AN Ne.. MATT Sochi Asi Bhul Gaye https://t.co/FkyJxdWQbV pic.twitter.com/zdmxYXYWH7
    — DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) January 4, 2021
    This Twitter conflict between Kangana Ranaut and Diljit Dosanjh just isn’t new. The two have exchanged heated phrases on social media on a number of events over the farm invoice and the following protests. While Diljit has rallied behind the protesting farmers, Kangana thinks the newly handed payments will do a world of excellent to the nation’s ‘kisaan’.

    On the work entrance, Kangana Ranaut is trying ahead to the discharge of Jayalalithaa biopic Thalaivi and the actioner Dhaakad.

  • Harsimrat Kaur Badal faces protests in Mansa

    SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal confronted protests at Bhadra village of Budhlada constituency in Mansa district Sunday afternoon.
    The former Union minister had gone to go to just a few villages of Mansa to condole the households of farmers who had died at Delhi borders.
    However, after her visitto the home of 1 Jagseer Singh, she confronted protest from villagers bearing flags of BKU Ugrahan and BKU Dakaunda, asking her to return.
    Jagseer had died in a highway accident at Delhi border. Following the protest, she cancelled her go to to different villages comparable to Bacchoana, Dharampura, Barre and so on. Before going to Bhadra, she had already visited Dodra and Gurradi.

    Harsimrat had tried to enter Bacchoana village as properly, however confronted protest from villagers earlier than going to the home of villagers the place farmers had died. Protesters stated she was a part of the Cabinet when the farm legal guidelines have been framed and later resigned when she confronted protest from farmers.

    Youth Akali Dal president Parambas Bunty Romana alleged that the Congress authorities misused Mansa police to orchestrate a dummy protest towards Bathinda MP and even “lathicharged YAD workers who took on the rag tag team of Congress and AAP workers head on….”
    YAD president Parambans Singh Romana stated it was shameful on the a part of Mansa police to “position the protesters in houses near which the cavalcade of the former Union minister was to pass and then bring them forward to stage a dummy protest…”

  • Repeal farm legal guidelines: Haryana BJP chief

    BJP chief and former state residence minister Sampat Singh Sunday urged the Centre to surrender its “adamancy” and repeal all three Central farm legal guidelines earlier than a scheduled assembly with agitating farmers on Monday.
    “These should be withdrawn and a new law guaranteeing purchase of crops by the government at MSP (minimum support price) should be brought in their place. When the government had been assuring that MSP would continue, there was no reason why a law should not be made for the same. By giving legal shape to MSP, the farmers would be assured that they would be able to sell their crops at the rates fixed by the government,” Singh mentioned.
    A six-time MLA, Singh had joined the BJP forward of October 2019 Assembly polls after the Congress denied him ticket.
    The BJP chief mentioned, “The Centre should not view the farmers’ stir as a political campaign by Opposition parties. Rather, attribution of the stir to political parties is an insult to the farmers.” He mentioned the federal government ought to recall that former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had given the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.
    Singh mentioned the farmers had been braving harsh chilly climate for over a month and preventing for his or her survival. “No political party at this juncture had the strength or support to instigate farmers. It’s purely a farmers’ own struggle for survival. So, blaming Opposition parties for the stir is absurd,” he added.
    The former minister mentioned, “These were the same farmers and farm labourers who had helped the nation come out of economic crisis during the coronavirus pandemic through their sheer grit. They were the same who had run ‘langars’ to feed millions of migrant labourers who had to return home during the lockdown.”
    The BJP chief mentioned practically 50 farmers had already sacrificed their lives for his or her battle.

    ‘Call special session of Parliament’
    Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana Deepender Singh Hooda has demanded the Central authorities to name a particular session of Parliament instantly to repeal controversial farm legal guidelines. On Sunday, he and senior Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala went to totally different toll plazas to increase help to the protesting farmers.
    Protests in opposition to BJP leaders, CM
    As a part of their announcement, the farmers on Sunday staged a protest when native BJP leaders went to carry a gathering at Balsamand village of Hisar district. The BJP leaders held a gathering inside a dharmshala amid police deployment exterior the venue. A farmer chief, Sandeep Dhiranwas, advised The Indian Express the BJP leaders had come to carry a coaching session at a village dharmshala. “The farmers rushed to the venue as soon as they came to know about the event. We staged a protest against the BJP leaders. If our demands are not met, we will stage bigger protests whenever the BJP leaders come to the village again,” he added.
    Farmers staged a protest at a toll plaza in Panchkula district when Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar got here to the city to attend a perform. Carrying black flags, the protesters additionally raised slogans in opposition to the BJP leaders.

  • Marching to indicate black flags to Khattar in Panchkula, farmers halted at toll plaza

    Hundreds of farmers, who have been marching in the direction of Red Bishop in Sector 1 from Chandimandir toll plaza to stage a protest and present black flags to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in opposition to the farm legal guidelines launched by the Centre, have been stopped by the police close to the toll barrier Sunday afternoon.
    The farmers, ultimately, raised slogans in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CM Khattar and waved black flags on the spot. There was no report of any confrontation or use of power by the police.
    The police saved one facet of the Zirakpur-Shimla freeway, which approaches Panchkula, blocked by parking buses till round 5 pm.
    A gaggle of farmers, principally from the cities of Kalka-Pinjore, has been tenting at Chandimandir toll plaza since December 25 to make sure their toll-free motion, “till the central government takes back contentious farm laws”.

    Khattar has been going through the ire of farmers throughout the state for his authorities’s actions to cease the farmers from marching in the direction of Delhi and the next controversial statements relating to the farmers’ protests.
    On December 24 when CM Khattar was within the metropolis to marketing campaign for BJP-JJP candidates for the MC polls, numerous farmers have been detained by the police to limit them from protesting infront of the CM.

  • Stop being mediator to corporates, take heed to farmers: AAP to PM

    Starting his two-day Punjab tour from Moga Saturday, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) newly appointed state co-incharge Raghav Chadha met the households of farmers who died throughout the ongoing agitation towards the three central agri legal guidelines.
    He mentioned that it was ‘very unfortunate that the annadatas who feed our country were agitating in the severe cold’ and farmers have been ‘dying’ on the Delhi borders however the dictatorial central and state authorities have been neither listening to the voice of the farmers nor seeing their ache. Chadha appealed to the central authorities to take heed to the plight of the farmers, as an alternative of changing into ‘mediator to a handful of capitalists’.
    He demanded that the federal government ought to repeal the three legal guidelines within the subsequent assembly to be held on January 4 and the farmers have to be given the authorized proper to MSP on each crop.
    Earlier, Chadha, accompanied by former MP Sadhu Singh and MLAs Budhram, Prof Baljinder Kaur, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, and Master Baldev Singh reached the residence of the Makhan Khan (44), who died of coronary heart assault at Singhu border on December 14. Makhan had been components of the of farmers’ motion since November 26.
    Chadha additionally met the household of 80-year-old Gurbachan Singh, who died on November 30, throughout the ongoing farmers’ protest in Moga. Talking to the media after assembly the farmers’ households, Chadha mentioned he had not as a political chief “but only to join the grief of the families as a sewadar”.
    Chadha mentioned that AAP has prolonged authorized help to the farmers, who need to transfer courts towards the BJP leaders for his or her defamatory remarks towards them. “It is because of the sacrifices made by a farmer and his family that food reaches our homes, our plates, and we are able to eat. Abusing an honest farmer, is similar to abusing Mother India,” he mentioned.
    “BJP leaders have at different times described the farmers as terrorists, anti-nationals, goondas, dalaals, agents of Pakistan and China. Does our farmer look like a terrorist? I would like to tell the BJP that our farmers have had enough. They are done with being maligned and abused. They now want to knock at the doors of justice, and we truly believe that victory would be theirs,” mentioned Chadha.
    The AAP chief mentioned that some farmers have determined to “seek justice after relentless verbal abuse at the hands of BJP leaders”. The AA, he mentioned, “vows to stand with the farmers” of their battle until the BJP leaders are punished. “Right from filing a case, to fighting in court, the party will work with the farmers and for the farmers, helping them every step of the way,” he mentioned.

    Chadha mentioned that greater than 20 BJP leaders together with Union Ministers Giriraj Singh, Piyush Goyal and Ravi Shankar Prasad, MP Manoj Tiwari, Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel and get together nationwide common secretary Ram Madhav, and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar have allegedly used unparliamentary language and hurled abuses on the farmers.
    “Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, a farmer from Amritsar, had sent a legal notice to Union Minister Giriraj Singh, seeking an unconditional apology for his defamatory and derogatory remarks made on December 12. The minister had stated that foreign forces had entered the farmers’ movement, and posters of Khalistan were being put up. Similarly on December 17, Gujarat’s deputy CM Nitin Patel had said that in the name of farmers, anti-national elements, terrorists, Khalistanis, Communists and pro-China people had sneaked into the agitation. Taking objection to such accusations, Ramneek Singh Randhawa from Jalandhar sent a notice to Patel, seeking apology and unambiguous withdrawal of the derogatory statements. Another farmer Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu aka Mohinder Singh Sidhu from Sangrur, has also filed a defamation case against Ram Madhav for his statement that the farmer protests were being funded by Khalistanis,” mentioned Chadha.

  • MSP as authorized provision will result in loss for Punjab farmers: BJP chief

    A Punjab BJP chief, who’s a member of the panel tasked with reaching out to farmers tenting at Delhi borders, has stated that they need to not insist on minimal assist value for crops as authorized provision as within the longer run that will result in losses for the farmers from the state.
    Harjeet Singh Grewal, 60, stated the farmers main the protest ought to take into account critically the executive assure being given for procurement of crops on MSP.
    “Despite the fact that 23 states grow paddy and10 states produce wheat, government procures 60 per cent of the two grains (for central pool) from Punjab, 30 per cent from Haryana and the remaining 10 per cent from the national capital region (NCR). This is done because of the contribution of Punjab and Haryana in making the country food surplus and their role in Green Revolution,” stated Grewal.
    The BJP chief stated that India produces 280 million tonnes of foodgrains (wheat and paddy), whereas it wants solely 78 million tonnes for the general public distribution system (PDS). Hence, if MSP turns into a part of a laws, then the procurement will happen equally from all of the states. Only 6 per cent of the full buy will occur from Punjab. The farm unions repeatedly demanding it (authorized sanctity for MSP) should maintain this in thoughts once they meet the federal government authorities,” stated Grewal whereas speaking to the The Indian Express.
    The farmers have been protesting on the Delhi borders for 38 days now and have threatened to accentuate the stir if their two key calls for — the repeal of three new farm legal guidelines and a authorized assure for MSP — is just not met within the subsequent spherical of talks scheduled for January 4. At the tip of the sixth spherical of negotiations on Wednesday, the federal government had agreed to resolve protesting farmers’ considerations over rise in energy tariff and penalties for stubble burning.
    Grewal, who had been tenting in Delhi since November 28 together with Surjit Kumar Jyani, the chairman of the 8-member BJP panel coordinating with farmers, claimed that wheat from Rajasthan is obtainable within the non-public market at Rs 2300 per quintal whereas MP wheat is being offered at Rs 3200 per quintal as in opposition to the MSP of Rs 1,925 per quintal. “If the quality is good, you will automatically get good rates. Punjab’s farmers need to understand this. They have the wrong propaganda that their lands will be snatched away. Not even an inch of land has been taken away from any farmer of the country. Diversification of crops should have happened 20 years ago. Punjab’s farmers now feel comfortable in growing only two crops and are also dependent on migrant labourers for same. These laws are meant to take the farmers out of the two-crop cycle and let them grow whatever the country needs,” he stated.
    Following his repeated statements that amendments could be made within the three agri legal guidelines however they will’t be repealed, farmers had introduced to socially boycott him at his native village Dhanaula in Barnala. Members of the Grewal neighborhood from Ludhiana’s Jodhan village to have introduced to boycott him.
    Grewal stated that he had contested 2017 Assembly polls from Rajpura constituency of Patiala. “I have been living in Rajpura for the past many years. I had not been to Dhanaula for more than 5 years. That village has my farmland where they (protesters) are saying that no one can take it on contract. It is a democratic country and no one can do this,” he stated.
    Grewal stated that he had solely handed on the message to the farmers that he acquired from authorities. “Most of the doubts of farmers have been cleared…Home Minister had even told farm leaders to give in writing whatever changes they want in the three Acts. What else can a government c do? These laws are for the betterment of farmers. A solution should come out as the government is concerned about people sitting out there in the cold,” he added.
    He claims that hardly any farmer from 102 villages in Rajpura was collaborating within the agitation. “Many farmers are doing vegetable farming in Rajpura. I know many families who grow vegetables on 1.5 acres of land, work hard throughout the year and produce five crops…”
    Grewal stated he was and Jyani had been deputed in Delhi by state get together chief Ashwani Sharma as “we had been interacting with farmers for decades”. He stated he carried out a survey on farm suicides and submitted it to the top workplace and “I had indicated to the (party) head office about the rising farmers’ unions’ activities some four years ago. ”
    Asked about some leaders labeling the protesting farmers as Naxals and Khalistanis, Grewal stated, “One cannot deny that many people with separatist thoughts have also become part of this protest, but one should not generalise it for everyone in the dharna. Majority (of those sitting on protests) is the common farmer who has been misled.”
    Grewal stated that proposed amendments by the central authorities have resolved many of the points and “more amendments can be done, but communists just want to let the issue linger”.
    Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh too disapproved of such remarks saying “such allegations should not be made by anyone” in opposition to any farmer.

    Meanwhile, with an increasing number of farmers staging protests exterior the residences of BJP leaders, Grewal stated he shall be assembly Union Home Minister (Amit Shah) on this side. He stated the get together has already taken up the matter with Punjab Police as properly. “ It is a violation of human rights of a person if your are sitting outside his house 24×7 for more than three months now. Some people have threatened party leader from Bathinda, Makhan Jindal, asking him to resign from the BJP or protesters will stage a dharna outside his factory and will not let him run it,” he alleged.
    Grewal had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election from Sangrur in 1995 and had misplaced. He had contested the Assembly election from Rajpura in 2017 and got here in a distant third.

  • Punjab: Protesters unload dung-laden trolley at BJP ex-minister’s home

    By: Express News Service | Chandigarh, Jalandhar |

    Updated: January 2, 2021 12:50:58 am

    The protests in opposition to the farm legal guidelines flip unsavory in Punjab Friday with a gaggle of individuals unloading a dung-laden trolley in entrance of a BJP chief’s home in Hoshiarpur, prompting Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to warn the agitators to not take regulation of their palms whereas stating that such actions went in opposition to the spirit of ‘Punjabiyat’.
    A gaggle, believed to be farmers, unloaded the trolley inside the primary entrance to residence of former Punjab minister Tikshan Sud. They additionally raised slogans in opposition to the Centre for its alleged callous perspective in direction of farmers’ calls for.
    Meanwhile, some BJP supporters reached the spot. Hoshiarpur SSP Navjot Singh Mahal stated {that a} violent conflict between the BJP employees and the protesters was averted following an intervention by a DSP-led police workforce. He stated a case has been registered underneath part 452 (trespassing) and 506 (prison Intimidation) in opposition to unidentified individuals.
    Some BJP led by Sud staged a dharna on the Rai Bahadur Jodhamal street in Hoshiarpur, looking for motion in opposition to these accountable for it.
    Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma condemned the incident. Sharma stated some mischievous individuals underneath the garb of farmers “attacked” Sud’s residence, solely to disturb peace and brotherhood within the state.
    Taking a critical be aware of the incident, Amarinder stated invasion of privateness will deliver a nasty identify to the peaceable agitation of farmers and defeat its very goal and warned protesters to not take regulation of their palms of their battle for the farmers’ rights.
    In an announcement, the CM condemned such behaviour and appealed to the protestors to not trigger any harassment or inconvenience to households of political functionaries of any celebration.
    “After months of showing exemplary restraint, and not indulging in any violence or lawlessness in Punjab, as well as at the borders of the national capital, some protestors were losing restraint despite being categorically asked by Kisan leaders to keep the protests peaceful,” stated Amarinder. He urged the protesters to precise their solidarity with the farmers in the identical spirit of self-discipline as had been demonstrated up to now by farmer organizations and lakhs of their supporters.

    The CM warned that such makes an attempt at forcible entry into the homes of any political functionaries, or picketing of their houses, had the harmful potential of vitiating the environment of peace and destroy the concord amongst individuals of numerous castes, religions, communities, which was contrarian to the Punjabi spirit of concord and unity. “Politics has its own place, but we must keep the spirit of Punjabiyat alive,” he stated.
    Urging the protestors to maintain religion within the farmers’ leaders engaged in talks with the central authorities, Amarinder stated any acts of harassment or violence have been violative of the spirit of their democratic to protest peacefully. “Traumatisation of the families of political leaders or workers through such acts could also lead to a law and order problem in Punjab, which had achieved the distinction of being one of the most peaceful states in the country in the past few years,” he added.

  • BJP readies to combat Cong, NCP on farm reforms forward of rural ballot

    The Maharashtra BJP will use agricultural reforms as its key weapon to combat the ruling Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena alliance within the polls to the 14,234 gram panchayats slated for January 15. The outcomes shall be declared on January 18.
    At the occasion’s inside assembly, the BJP management has urged its cadres in rural belts to go aggressive to convey the message of agricultural reforms with the central theme of farmers’ welfare.
    Opposition chief Devendra Fadnavis stated: “The initiative to make non-implementation of MSP an offense was mooted during my tenure in Maharashtra. It was supported neither by the Congress nor the NCP. We took a step forward to enhance procurement of crops at MSP to help small and marginal farmers. Now, we are presenting facts and figures to people.”
    The BJP has ready a booklet, calling out the Congress and the NCP’s alleged flip-flops on the agriculture sector, and has been circulating it within the rural areas. The BJP Kisan Cell has been assigned to marketing campaign actively on the grassroots stage.
    BJP Kisan Cell president Anil Bonde advised The Indian Express, “The exploitation of small and marginal farmers in the Agriculture Produce Market Committee, where farm produce is often procured below MSP, is the main issue. This is already being debated.” There are 306 APMCs in Maharashtra with an annual turnover exceeding Rs 50,000 crore. Those controlling the APMCs are reaping monetary advantages depriving the farmers of the worth for his or her crops, he added. The Opposition believes that the gram panchayat ballot would be the litmus check and retaining its maintain within the rural belts a frightening process.
    Maharashtra with its 1.56 crore farmers represent 78 per cent inhabitants of small and marginal farmers. Secondly, 55 per cent of the state inhabitants lives in rural Maharashtra.

    The BJP may also spotlight the federal government’s “failure” to supply monetary bundle to farmers affected by cyclone and hailstorm.
    Bonde stated, “Under the PMKY, farmers receive an annual assistance of Rs 6,000. But in comparison to the Union grant, what has the state given to its farmers reeling under financial constrains?”