New Delhi: All lndia Kisan Sangharsh Coodination Committee (AIKSCC) forcefully condemned the announcements made by NDA govt on MSP as a betrayal of the promises made to the farmers.
The MSP figures being claimed as implementation of Swaminathan Commission recommendations is blatant fraud on the farmers of the country, AIKSCC told media after the National Working Group meeting on Saturday in Delhi.
“To Propaganda falsehood of MSP, Prime Minister has decided to hold 40 rallies in the country? However, to highlight the fake historic raise in MSP, AlKSCC will hold 400 meetings in the country in the next 4 months to expose this fraud,” said AIKSCC leader Yogendra Yadav.
Talking about the plan, AIKSCC decided to hold three major rallies and protest in the country. July 20, August 9 and massive Farmers’ rally on November 20, 2018.
On July 20 farmers will take out silent rally from Mandi House to Parliament by carrying black flag in their hands.
The protest will emphasis the “Dhokha” given by the govts to the farmers.
The gathering will also request the parliament including the 21 parties that lent support to the farmers bills to Pass the same in the parliament.
Both these bills the Debt Waiver and Guaranteed MSP Bills are scheduled to be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 20 as private member bills.
Hike in MSP is fake
Modi government’s MSP for Kharif is based on the same formula of A2 + Fl that was given by the Manmohan Singh govt for Rabi. This is entirely different from the demand of C2 costs + 50% which was also promised by the Prime Minister.
Govt has restricted announcement to only 14 crops while farmers have been demanding MSP for all crops including fruits and vegetables and milk amongst other farm related roduce.
Most significant is the lack of any plan to ensure procurement of the crops for which MSP has been announced. Only 6% of farmers presently get benefit of procurement.
Only 28–30% of Wheat and 30 to 35% of paddy is procured while for coarse grains and pulses the procurement is less than 1%. With PDS being converted to DBT, there is widespread apprehension that even the current procurement will stop. AlKSCC demands that as per their MSP Guarantee Bill to be placed in the parliament on the July 20, every grain in the country must be sold at least on the MSP and failure to purchase the same by the traders would invite penal action.
AIKSCC empahises that the cost of inputs like diesel, fertilizers and electricity are being increased rapidly, particularly diesel on daily basis. The MNCs are sellng seeds and other inputs at very high rates. AlKSCC has been demanding reduction in input costs, which is also part of the MSP bills. it demands immediate reduction of diesel, fertilizer and electricity costs and input subsidy to all farmers, share croppers, tenant farmers in order to support farmers and keep food prices in check.
Govt had claimed in this year’s budget that it will pay a Bhavantar for the crops for which a mechanism was to be announced. This has been a total failure in Madhya Pradesh where the traders have taken full advantage and reduced the prices under the garb of the govt. paying the difference. The fall out is that the farmer has got less money than what he got last year and no difference has been paid to farmers who have not registered themselves.