Farmers from Haryana on Monday blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh highway as part of a protest to seek Minimum Support Price, or MSP, for sunflower seed from the state government, PTI reported.
The minimum support price is the rate at which the government buys farm produce. It is based on a calculation of at least one and a half times the cost of production incurred by farmers.
VIDEO | Protesting farmers blocked Delhi-Haryana National Highway in Kurukshetra over their demand for MSP on sunflower seed earlier today. pic.twitter.com/9Ms4h2UyTq
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The development came after a mahapanchayat, called by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), was held at a grain market in Kurukshetra’s Pipli village close to the highway.
The farmers have been demanding that the Haryana government procure their sunflower crop at a minimum support price of Rs 6,400 per quintal, as announced for the crop by the central government for 2022-23.
However, a senior official from the Haryana food and supplies department had told The Print that the state government had not announced that it would procure sunflower seeds at minimum support prices for 2022-2023.
He said that the Centre announces minimum support prices for 22 to 23 crops for the country, but it is up to state governments to decide on which…
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