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Swedish farmers get a direct income support of Euro 12,590 per farmer, which is double the average for EU farmers (in 2018). Direct payments form 54% of the total farmers income. Highest support (73%) is for Livestock farms.
Source: CAP Strategic Plans, European Commission.
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This is a very important ask. I think the Supreme Court should suo motto discuss this. Elected representatives cannot be allowed to betray the trust of voters by switching political alliances.
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A farmer in Punjab got a loan of Rs 1.06 lakh against 7.59 tola of gold jewellery. When he defaulted on loan repayment, bank auctioned his gold worth Rs 3.65 lakh. All that the farmer owed was Rs 1.25 lakh in total. Wonder why such swiftness is not shown in case of corporates.
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Let me correct. Don't forget, when Private Sector performs poorly, it is also taxpayer who pays. And pays heavily.
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Imagine if the three farm laws had not been repealed, the pvt sector would have made a killing by hoarding a sizeable quantity of #wheat. Thank heavens, the laws were withdrawn well in time.
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Ahead of Assam elections, Finance Minister @nsitharaman transfers Rs 3,000 each in bank accounts of nearly 7.5 lakh tea garden workers. It's time to also extend this benefit to workers in tea gardens in South India, and Kangra in Himachal Pradesh.
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Bravo @RahulGandhi. Farmers of this country would remain eternally grateful to you for this commitment.
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Soap prices rise in 2021-22 is not 1% but 40-50%. See the retail price jump:
Pears Rs 140 to Rs 252
Dove Rs 165 to Rs 280
Lux Rs 110 to Rs 198
Vim liquid Rs 132 to Rs 199
Harpic Rs 140 to Rs 195
Surf Excel 1kg Rs 104 to Rs 134
Dettol Rs 189 to Rs Rs 322
Surf 6kg Rs 995 to Rs 1425
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After the rains in the past few days, wheat bags in Punjab and Haryana mandis drenched, lie in a pool of water. This is a scene that has not changed for the past 30 years. The pressing question is why can't public investment be made for upgrading mandi infrastructure?
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Half the battle won. Withdrawing the three contentious farm laws is welcome. But as long as #MSP is not made a legal right for farmers, there will be no end to agrarian distress.
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कॉन्ट्रैक्ट फार्मिंग का संकट: पैसा बटोरकर कंपनी फरार, केस दर्ज कराने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे किसान aajtak.in/india/madhya-prade… via @aajtak
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Bihar is the only State in India which is completely, almost completely, dependent on markets in agriculture. It threw away the mandis under the #APMC Act in 2006. And yet, it has the lowest farm income in the country. #FarmersProtest
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Let me put it on record. My electricity bill for the past two months is zero. This is the first bill I received after the Punjab Govt launched the 300 units free power scheme for households. @BhagwantMann
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What a powerful depiction of farmers plight. I couldn't control my tears. Thank you @GTelefilms.
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The SC has formed a committee in a bid to end the stalemate. Looking at its composition, I am reminded of what Ghalib had once said:
क़ासिद के आते आते ख़त इक और लिख रखूँ
मैं जानता हूँ जो वो लिखेंगे जवाब में
#FarmersProtest
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This @thetribunechd exclusive report is damming. On Supreme Court's orders, an EVM result of a Haryana Panchayat election was redone. Shockingly, the earlier result in favour of the sitting Sarpanch was negated. It only shows how people have to be doubly alert to save democracy.
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'I am a farmer. I support the farmers from my heart.’ A senior police officer in Punjab resigns in support of farmers. indianexpress.com/article/in…
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Farmers announce social boycott of Sunny Deol: "a farmer's son betrayed us." indianexpress.com/article/ci… via @IndianExpress
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Can anyone tell me why Reliance should sell bajra at Rs 198 per kg when it is procured on MSP from farmers at Rs 24 per kg or at best at Rs 30 per kg or so if purchased directly from farmers? Or is it the price consumers must learn to pay for backing #MarketEconomy?
~रिलायंस माल में #बाजरा:- ₹198/किलो
~यदि MSP पर खरीद हो तो किसान को मिलेंगे:₹24/किलो
आप लोग ₹198/किलो बाजरा हंस कर खरीद रहे हो लेकिन उसी बाजरा के किसानों को ₹24/किलो मिलें, उसके लिए "MSP गारंटी कानून" के आंदोलन के खिलाफ हो; समझ से परे है की आपका किसानों से इतना बैर क्यों !
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This is so painful. Punjab farmers running tractors over several trolly-loads of kinnow they have thrown on streets. While in urban areas kinnow is available at 3 kg for Rs 100, for farmers prices have crashed to Rs 5 per kg. This was a crop to which farmers had diversified.
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Banks wrote off ₹1.15 lakh cr in nine months of FY21. Strange, no one talks of letting markets decide the fate of co's having bad debts? But when it comes to low farm prices, we want markets to decide. thehindu.com/business/Econom…
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'Tractor march' has emerged as a new form of expression of farmers' anger. Not only in New Delhi, but far away in the Netherlands, France and Germany and for that matter across various continents, tractors have acquired a new role in #farmersprotests.
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Your work too is admirable @sakshijoshii. The passion and commitment with which you and @ajitanjum have kept the farming issues alive opens up a new chapter in agricultural journalism. Wherever I go farmers talk of you guys with pride.
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In this video, #DhruvRathee explains why farmers are protesting? This explainer is what every urban educated needs to watch to understand why anger is building up among farming communities. piped.video/watch?v=Dj4rGHzc…
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I visited protesting farmers at #Singhu border today. Three weeks after the protests began farmers still appear cheerful.
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Farmers in Punjab are getting a price of Rs 800 to Rs 850 per quintal for maize against the MSP of Rs 1,850, reports @timesofindia. A loss of Rs 1,000 on every quintal. Will anyone tell in which markets farmers can hope to get a higher price? @AshokKhemka_IAS #FarmerProtest
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70% farmers selling paddy to government agencies are small and marginal farmers owning less than 2 hectares of land. Only1% are large farmers with more than 10 ha. Very well researched article.
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This is so heartening to know. In Mohali, as per this report in @DainikBhaskar, 24,610 patients came to the 14 #MohallaClinics, 4,478 got free tests done. This report tells us why an efficient and free public health is important for the ordinary people. Well done.
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Austerity, farmers style. Five tractors tied to each other to save on fuel. On the Chandigarh-Singhu highway. #FarmersProtest
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Only 6% farmers in India get #MSP. When Govt says MSP will stay, all it means is it will stay for those 6% farmers. What farmers are demanding is #MSP to be made legal for all 23 crops for which prices are announced, meaning trading below MSP to be made illegal. #FarmersProtests
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8,000 bags of wheat have been brought from Bihar to Punjab where farmers receive Rs 1,925 per quintal as #MSP. Traders buy wheat from Bihar farmers at Rs 1,100 per quintal. This clearly shows what farmers need is a guaranteed price to avoid loot by market forces. @thetribunechd
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It's simply amazing. My heart swells to see women emerging out of their homes, perhaps the first time in such large numbers, to stand along with their men folks on the protest.
देश में कितने ऐसे नेता हैं , जिनकी अपील पर हज़ारों महिलाएं ऐसे दिल्ली आ जाएंगी ?
किसान आंदोलन का हिस्सा बनी ये महिलाएं पंजाब और हरियाणा के जिले- जिले से आई हैं ..
@Bkuektaugrahan के नेता जोगिंदर सिंह उग्रहान के नेतृत्व में ऐसे मना #InternationalWomensDay
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Former SBI Chairman, arrested for alleged fraud, had sold a hotel worth Rs 200-cr for just Rs 25-cr, when owners defaulted on a loan. After retirement, he becomes a director of the co' that bought it, media reports. Tells you of one of the ways NPA racket operate.
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Thank you @PreetiChoudhry for exposing the bias of your colleagues. Well done.
Democratic Newsroom: Are farmer's demands justified? Watch
#FarmersProtest #MSP @shivaroor @preetichoudhry @akshita_N @gauravcsawant
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When a shopkeeper is not willing to sell below MRP why do we expect a farmer to sell below #MSP? Why do we get abusive when farmers ask for an MSP for his produce?
Thanks to @ApkaReporter for this excellent video. Every urbanite needs to watch this
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Official data shows 47% crop in Uttar Pradesh sold below MSP, Gujarat (83%), Karnataka (63%), and Telangana (60%). Only in Punjab and Haryana, paddy prices remained close to #MSP in the paddy marketing season that finished. #FarmersProtest newsclick.in/Paddy-Prices-Ha…
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So, Thermal plants in Delhi emit 16 times more pollution than stubble burning !
moneycontrol.com/news/india/…
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Can you believe it? The price that wheat farmers in America and Canada received in 2020 was far less than what farmers got 150 years back in 1867. And we are told that markets will provide farmers with a higher price! My article. tribuneindia.com/news/commen…
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I find a section of media conveying as if the protesting farmers are misled. This is mischevious. Farmers know where it hurts, and it is time to listen to them. Corporate agriculture has only driven small farmers out of farming and have added to greenhouse gas emissions.
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While Capsicum is sold at Rs 20-39 per kg in retail market, Punjab farmers get Re 1 per kg. Such reports come every now and then. And yet no effort being made to ensure that farmers get 50% of the end consumer price. Enforce #MRP for farm trade.
indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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Tax concessions, bail-outs, write-offs, hair-cuts, and all this after getting economic stimulus packages, sops and incentives (read subsidies) for growth .....
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Reports say Punjab may introduce a floor price for vegetables, like what Kerala has done for 16 vegetables. That will certainly be a step in the right direction. @capt_amarinder #FarmersProtest
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Farmers need a guaranteed income. That is the reform that agriculture, not only in India, but also globally is desperately looking for. My article today.
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When stock markets fall everyone starts saying it is a 'bloodbath'. Fin Minister starts monitoring the situation on an hourly basis. But I never hear the same people talk of the continuing bloodbath on the farm where roughly 10,000 or more farmers commit suicide every year.
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Bihar junked APMC Act in '06, but it hasn't benefited farmers and farm workers. Low harvest prices resulted in labour migration from Bihar. This is what happens when markets are allowed free run. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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Addressing a round table on agriculture, environment and health at the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today. Probably for the first time such an initiative has been taken, where MLAs, senior bureaucrats, experts, organic farmers, activists were present. Hon'ble Speaker @Sandhwan presided.
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Punjab is literally in deep waters. As villages battle rising waters, nearly 3 lakh acres of cultivated farm lands lie submerged. More than 400 villages hit with devastation. Not just a natural event, repeated floods are surely a 'man-made' disaster.
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It is so overwhelming to see the outpouring of public support for the protesting farmers. At every important traffic transaction in Mohali (Punjab) I found young and old standing with placards and raising slogans. Amazing indeed. #farmersrprotest @RiteshLakhi
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Most farmers don't even have a degree. But the way they are managing the protests is a lesson for management students. #FarmersProtest
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Great news. At a time when 93% of hospitals in India are private, your initiative @ArvindKejriwal to set up #GaonClinics in each village will surely turn out to be the single most powerful concept to achieve the UN goal of Health for All by 2030.
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In less than 100 days AC manufacturers have raised prices by 8-13% and no questions are being asked. But when fuel and DAP fertiliser prices increase, and farmers demand hike in MSP, we cite inflation and refuse to raise prices. Farmers suffer the consequences. Co's make profits.
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The question that needs to be raised instead should be that in a country where bank's can write-off corporate bad debt to the tune of Rs 10 lakh cr in 5 years why should there be resource crunch to take care of people's expectations and needs?
The Congress’ five proposed guarantees in Karnataka may cost the exchequer over Rs 50,000 crore. Unless there is an increase in revenue receipts, these 5 guarantees may push the state’s fiscal deficit to 4.9% of GSDP from the 2.6% budgeted earlier.
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At the Matka Chowk in Chandigarh today evening. Public support for the farmers protest is phenomenal. You just have to come and see the enthusiasm. #FarmersProtest
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भारत में अन्नदाताओं की इनकम चपरासी से भी कम है. फसल का वाजिब दाम नहीं मिलने, कर्ज के बोझ तले दबने, और फसल नुकसान की भरपाई न होने की समस्या से किसान पहले भी जूझ रहे थे और आज भी. सरकारें आती हैं और जाती हैं लेकिन किसानों की दशा नहीं बदलती. Good article. tv9hindi.com/agriculture/far…
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In US, cotton farmers receive a massive subsidy support of Rs 85.10 lakh ($1,17,494) per farmer/year. In India, it is barely Rs 1,455 ($27) [Source:IIFT]. This is how US has 'market competitiveness' in cotton. Our cotton growers are left to commit suicide. #FarmersProtest
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In India, food production has increased from 33.9 lakh tonnes in 1965-66 to 306.9 lakh tonnes in 2019-20. This record food availability has been made possible by our hardworking farmers. And yet, we have denied them their rightful income. Listen to them. #FarmersProtest
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Ronaldo did it. I hope Indian celebs too get a lesson to stop advertising cold drinks. Instead of promoting sugary drinks, celebs need to encourage the habit of drinking water.
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Industries have polluted the river water, and also caused air pollution. If an FIR can be filed against farmers for #stubbleburning with no MSP for 2 years, wonder why can't an FIR be filed against polluting units, and no bank credit to them. Wouldn't that be fair?
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Indian students are going to smaller countries because #privatisation of education has made it difficult for them to study here. Pvt medical colleges in India charge 3x more than what Ukraine colleges charge. Those who can't afford higher education here go to smaller countries.
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Now it is the turn of potato in Haryana. It's the beginning of the harvesting season and potato prices have crashed to Rs 450-500 per quintal. Farmers say they are unable to realise even the cost of production. Tells you why #MSP is important.
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"Banks charge 13% interest on a tractor loan but 4% on cars," says an economist. To those who say that Punjab farmers are a pampered lot, here is a report card. @Anjuagnihotri1 @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/in…
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I purchased cauliflower vegetable today from my hawker at Rs 10 per kg. Asked him how much did he source his supplies for, his reply was Rs 5 per kg. I wonder what price the farmers producing cauliflower must have received. This is how we keep agriculture impoverished.
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The power of One. @dhruv_rathee has shown what one person can do. The inspiration is all there.
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The astounding role played by Punjabi singers by backing the farmers protest has indeed been remarkable, something that should put Bollywood to shame.
Singer Jass Bajwa joining farmers Fateh March
#FarmersProtest_FatehMarch
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42,000 government schools lack drinking water supply and 15,000 have no toilets, parliament was informed.
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“We feed people but farming doesn’t feed us,” said Philippe Grégoire, a French dairy farmer in an interview. Doesn't this sound familiar? Isn't this what Indian farmers too are saying? #FarmersProtest
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From Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,250 per quintal a week ago, potato prices in Punjab have crashed to Rs 500-700 per quintal. Likely to go down still further. With this kind of volatility in markets how do we expect farmers to earn profit, maintain a sustainable livelihood? #FarmersProtest
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'US spends tens of thousands of dollars on its agriculture, that directly contributes to low prices and commodity dumping in international markets'. And we are told low international prices reflect market competitiveness ! google.com/amp/s/www.tribune…
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For the apple marketing season beginning from Aug 26, Adani AgriFresh co' has slashed apple purchase price by an average of Rs 16 per kg. This is why farmers are opposed to the central laws. This is why they demand MSP to be made a legal right. #FarmersProtest
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Why do we have to make a big show of Rs 2,000/farmer quarterly support to farmers, and that too every quarter? Why not a similar public show for Rs 1.45-lakh cr tax concession given to corporates, every year, since Sept 2019? I asked on @News24
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I am amazed. If the number of unsold houses is at all-time high of 12.76 lakhs in India's top 30 cities, why aren't the prices of these houses coming down? When tomato prices crash, economists say demand-supply at work. What prices not crashing now? businesstoday.in/sectors/inf…
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"Just spend one night in a trolley or tent on a road outside Delhi, and tell me if you would do that for more than a month even if you were paid to." Sharing my interview again with @thewire_in. #FarmersProtests thewire.in/agriculture/farme…
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"Punjab farmers are in debt of Rs 1 lakh crore. Every farm household is in debt of Rs 10 lakh, with income level of Rs 6 lakh per annum, leading to failures in payment. Agriculture in Punjab is a cycle of debt, de-peasantisation and death,” Prof Sukhpal Singh, economist, #PAU.
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That's a massive turnout. #FarmersProtest
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When Sensex sinks 800 points, newspaper headlines calls it a carnage. But when output prices of food crops continue to prevail much lower than the production cost, with farmers dumping tomato, potato, onions, garlic on streets I have never seen any media calling it a bloodbath !
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Wow ! Central taxes on petrol and diesel has gone up by 307% in last 6 years, allowing the Central government to mop up Rs 2.94 lakh cr just between April 2020 and Jan 2021.
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Karnataka farmers lost Rs 3,119 Cr last year due to distress sale, not able to get #MSP. Karnataka is no exception, none of the kharif crops except paddy for instance fetched anything close to MSP in the country. Excellent ground report.
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Here is the 'revda' as someone called it. Banks are likely to write-off much of the Rs 346,479- cr that is due from 16,044 wilful defaulters, who can pay but don't want to pay, under the 'compromise settlement' suggested by @RBI.
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I voted for myself, but got zero vote: BMC poll independent candidate to SEC via @htTweets hindustantimes.com/mumbai-ne…
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इनको कौन समझे। 25 लाख पेड़ काट कर ग्रीन एनर्जी तो आपने ख़त्म कर दी .. #GreenEnergy
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I have a suggestion for @ArvindKejriwal. Your Mohalla Clinics are a remarkable initiative. Can we take these to villages now? Set up a network of #GaonClinics. Nearly 40% of a farm income goes towards family health expenses. This will provide a big relief.
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With 40% drop in milk prices in past 6 years, American dairy farmers had spilled 43 million tonnes of milk in 2016 alone. Markets failed to save small US dairy farms, leading to the shutting down of small dairies. On a leisurely weekend, read this article. devinder-sharma.blogspot.com…
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Here is the Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) saying that an assured MSP is needed for crop diversification. All media anchors and the editorial writers of newspapers need to read this. #FarmersProtest2024
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Stop treating farmers as antinationals. They feed the country, and they too deserve to be treated with respect. My article.
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It is heartening to see women farmers in support of women wrestlers to seek justice. History tells us that farmers have always been standing up against injustice.
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The proposed boycott of some TV anchors by INDIA Alliance is a much-needed decision. It should have come earlier.
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Punjab farmers take the lead in denouncing #ManipurViolence. Hats off.
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Is it a crime to demand a Minimum Support Price (MSP), this time for sunflower? Why are farmers treated indifferently while corporate get the largesse at the drop of a hat?
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The fastest pathway to become a $5 trillion economy is to ensure no trading takes below #MSP for all crops. Give farmers the rightful income and they have the ability to propel the economy to new heights. Try it. #FarmersProtest
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This is remarkable about the Punjabi spirit. They are always there in need.
#FarmersProtest | Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Haryana's Murthal serves free food to farmers
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