Farmers plan Delhi stir in Jan for better prices
Swati Mathur | TNN | Dec 19, 2018, 05:49 ISTNEW DELHI: Amid raging debate over the sustainability of farm loan waivers, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), peasants' body of the Left parties, said the "real reason" for farm debt is the failure of the government to ensure payment of remunerative prices to them.
K isan Sabha leaders said while farm loan waivers being handed out as poll sops are not the solution, farmers needed guaranteed remunerative prices for their crops. AIKS president Ashok Dhawale also retorted that economists who question the viability of farm loan waivers must instead be asked about their views on bank NPAs and corporate loan waivers. "Why didn't they say anything then?" Dhawale said.
A IKS also announced that nearly 22 farm organisations will join hands for a two-day protest on January 8-9, followed by another set of protests from January 27. "Our demand is that the government must put in place a mechanism to ensure that the entire produce is purchased at prescribed MSP," Dhawale said.
K isan Sabha leaders said while farm loan waivers being handed out as poll sops are not the solution, farmers needed guaranteed remunerative prices for their crops. AIKS president Ashok Dhawale also retorted that economists who question the viability of farm loan waivers must instead be asked about their views on bank NPAs and corporate loan waivers. "Why didn't they say anything then?" Dhawale said.
A IKS also announced that nearly 22 farm organisations will join hands for a two-day protest on January 8-9, followed by another set of protests from January 27. "Our demand is that the government must put in place a mechanism to ensure that the entire produce is purchased at prescribed MSP," Dhawale said.
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