Amid the continuing farmers’ protest, Haryana has prolonged the ban on cell web and bulk SMS providers in seven districts until February 19. The web providers will stay disrupted in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad, and Sirsa. An order on this regard was issued by the Haryana Home Secretary in view of the ‘Delli Chalo’ name given by farmers’ organisations. The authorities had earlier prolonged the suspension of cell web from February 13 to February 15.
According to a notification issued by the Haryana administration, bulk SMS and all dongle providers supplied on cell networks, besides voice calls, will stay suspended in these seven districts.
Meanwhile, the Central ministers will maintain a fourth spherical of talks with the farmer union leaders right this moment to discover a mutual resolution for his or her calls for of authorized recognition of the Minimum Support Price and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, together with on pricing mechanism. The central ministers had earlier held a gathering with the farmer leaders on February 8, February 12 and February 15 however the talks remained inconclusive.Â
Prominent agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl and ICRIER agriculture scientist Dr Ashok Gulati have stated that giving MSP on all crops shouldn’t be sensible. Dr Johl, a former Vice Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural (*7*), stated that farmers ought to undertake the trail of negotiation over their calls for and likewise added that they need to be allowed to go to Delhi. He laid stress on talks to resolve the issues of farmers.
Citing examples of superior economies, Johl stated the United States had in 2021-22 given greater than USD 42 billion to the farmers. He stated China and Japan additionally present subsidies to their farmers. Meanwhile, Union Minister Arjun Munda stated that the federal government is hopeful that the problem will likely be resolved quickly.
