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The CPI(M) has questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that his government is ready to address farmers’ distress with an open mind.
Hannan Mollah, party Polit Bureau member and general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, in an open letter to Modi, has asked the government to keep its poll promise that the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan Committee report for the sector will be implemented.
Mollah, citing the suicide here last week of Rajasthan farmer Gajendra Singh Kalyanvat, asked the Prime Minister to explain why his government did not implement the promise of providing Minimum Support Price of agricultural produce equal to 50 per cent in addition to cost of production.
He said the decision to slash MNREGA allocation and reduce the implementation of the Act to 2,500 most backward blocks has affected rural lives. He urged the Centre to reduce the interest rate and debt burden of farmers and announce debt waiver to peasant households.
Mollah further said the Centre did not give priority to projects to support the peasantry to establish crop-wise value addition.
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