{"id":35702,"date":"2025-01-09T08:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T02:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/?p=35702"},"modified":"2025-01-09T08:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T02:36:41","slug":"farmers-protesting-over-12-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/?p=35702","title":{"rendered":"Farmers protesting over 12 demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35703 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901-768x343.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901-1536x686.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-06-at-11.58.07_be01a901.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Farmers protesting over 12 demands<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Minimum Support Price (MSP) Guarantee:\n<ul>\n<li>The farmers are demanding the enactment of a law that ensures a guaranteed minimum price for all crops. This legal assurance would protect their income and provide stability in agricultural markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Debt Waiver:\n<ul>\n<li>The implementation of the Swaminathan Commission&#8217;s recommendations is sought to provide debt waivers to farmers. All debts of the farmers above Rs. 10,000 to be waived, worth \u20b918.4 lakh crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Land Acquisition Compensation:\n<ul>\n<li>Farmers demand more compensation for land acquired by various authorities for developmental projects. They also seek to reserve 10% of residential plots on developed lands for the families affected by land acquisition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Withdrawal from World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreements:\n<ul>\n<li>Some farmers express concerns about the impact of international trade agreements on their livelihoods.<\/li>\n<li>They call for India&#8217;s withdrawal from the WTO and the imposition of a ban on all Free Trade Agreements (FTA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Justice for\u00a0Lakhimpur Kheri violence:\n<ul>\n<li>The farmers demand punishment for the perpetrators of the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre, where several farmers lost their lives.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring justice for the victims and their families is a critical aspect of their protest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pension for Farmers and Farm Labourers:\n<ul>\n<li>Allocation of pensions to farmers and farm labourers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scrapping the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020:\n<ul>\n<li>Farmers fear the growing privatisation of electricity and lack trust in state governments to pay subsidies on time.<\/li>\n<li>They call for the removal of the bill to safeguard their interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Compensation for Lives Lost During the 2020\u20132021 Agitation:\n<ul>\n<li>Families of farmers who died during the 2020\u20132021 agitation seek monetary compensation.<\/li>\n<li>The demand also includes providing employment opportunities for one family member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>MGNREGA Employment:\n<ul>\n<li>The farmers advocate for 200 days of employment per year under the\u00a0Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)\u00a0for farming.<\/li>\n<li>They emphasise a daily wage of Rs 700 to support rural workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>National Commission for Spices:\n<ul>\n<li>The formation of a commission specifically for different spices is requested to address the unique challenges faced by spice growers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Protection of Indigenous People&#8217;s Rights:\n<ul>\n<li>The farmers seek protection for land, forests, and water sources belonging to tribal communities.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring the rights of indigenous people is a priority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Improving Seed Quality:\n<ul>\n<li>Farmers call for measures to enhance seed quality.<\/li>\n<li>They propose penalising companies that produce fake seeds, pesticides, and fertilisers to safeguard agricultural productivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers protesting over 12 demands Minimum Support Price (MSP) Guarantee: The farmers are demanding the enactment of a law that ensures a guaranteed minimum price for all crops. This legal assurance would protect their income and provide stability in agricultural markets. Debt Waiver: The implementation of the Swaminathan Commission&#8217;s recommendations is sought to provide debt &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}