Agriculture

सरकार से दूसरी चिट्ठी आ गई ,,आंदोलन वापसी का ऐलान कल 8th Dec 2021  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQ0JWO70Ds  waiting for official Communication on the agreed at issues that will enable withdrawal of Agitiation.

Farmers suspend protest : Rakesh Tikait के मिशन यूपी का अब क्या होगा ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCv93lwTRM Dec 9, 2021 Tikait responds to questions on the official letter and conditions offered by the government. and on mission UP!

Farmers' Protest : RakeshTikait ने संयुक्त मोर्चे की अहम बैठक के बाद क्या कहा ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-bwOM_nfMg 
Dec 4, 2021 
SKM forms five-member committee to hold talks with Centre

संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा के नेता रवि आजाद live | Kisan Ekta Morcha  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s55iZ60WCD8 
Dec 4, 2021 Kisan Ekta Morcha आज की संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा की महत्वपूर्ण मीटिंग में हुए फैसले जानिए। 
हुआ अगली रणनीति का ऐलान,अफवाहों पर ध्यान न दे। संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा के नेता रवि आजाद. SKM has appointed a five member committee to talk with the government on the invitation of the Home minister.  Not a committee on MSP, as proposed by Government.  No reply from the PM to the letter enumerating  six demands. The SKM will take decision on the progress of talks on the 7th Dec.  The movement will continue.  

Here Are the Reforms India's Farmers Really Need - Kavita Kuruganti 1-12-2021 https://thewire.in/agriculture/here-are-the-reforms-indias-farmers-really-need 

Our reality is that farmers displaced from agriculture are not getting absorbed into other sectors due to a lack of opportunities there. What we need is a reforms agenda that incorporates a ‘sustainable livelihoods’ perspective from the bottom up. 

We need  a basket of modalities for making the guaranteed MSP, based on improved cot estimates. a reality for all farmers.

The basket of interventions needed would include expanded procurement; smarter market interventions by government agencies; a re-designed warehouse receipt scheme; price deficit payments, especially for perishables but vastly different from the way Madhya Pradesh designed its Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana; a legal mandate that price-bidding can begin only at MSP; investment in farmer-controlled Farmer Produce Organisations (FPOs) that are considered as sellers and not traders in the market; the widespread adoption of agro-ecology to reduce the cost of cultivation and so on.

A key intervention is about predictable export-import policy decisions from before the sowing season till the end of marketing season for any commodity. 

Further:  More Mandis, infra close to farmers, fees collected at Mandi to be ploughed back into infra, Direct marketing between farmers and end-consumers, invest in FPOs and community based institutions,  not to make them into aggregators of big capital. and treat FPOs as sellers not traders.. 

Other articles relating to Farmers Agitation: http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/farmers-agitation-against-black-laws 

‘A victory for democracy’: Sitaram Yechury on repeal of farm laws T.K. RAJALAKSHMI Frontline Print edition : December 17, 2021  https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-sitaram-yechury-on-farm-laws-repeal-a-victory-for-democracy/article37718450.ece 

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Historic first victory in unprecedented struggle’ ANUPAMA KATAKAM Frontline Print edition : December 17, 2021 https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-dr-ashok-dhawale-historic-first-victory-in-unprecedented-struggle/article37725608.ece 

How the battle was won: Farmers' protests force the Narendra Modi-led government to repeal controversial farm laws T.K. RAJALAKSHMI Frontline Print edition : December 17, 2021 https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/how-the-battle-was-won/article37733400.ece?homepage=true