Farmers to resume stir today; committed to buy at MSP: Govt
Business Standard|December 07, 2024
A large group of farmers, with a host of demands including legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), debt waiver and pension, temporarily halted their Delhi march from Shambhu border on Friday after some of them were allegedly hurt in police action which was trying to stop them.
Farmers to resume stir today; committed to buy at MSP: Govt

They will resume their protest and march to Delhi on Saturday. Meanwhile, around the same time and about 40 minutes drive from the protest spot, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reasserted the government's stand in Parliament, saying the Centre was committed to purchasing all farm produce at MSP.

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