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Farmers’ gaon bandh hits fresh supplies across States
News:
- The nation is hit by a ten-day strike by farmers of seven states.
Important facts:
- The nation-wide farmer’s protest is known as ‘Gaon bandh’.
- The protest is implemented by 172 organisations and is under the leadership of Rashtroya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh (RKMM) and Kisan Ekta Manch (KEM).
- Farmers are either dumping their farm or dairy produce or selling them within their villages.
- They are not selling their products to the urban areas. However, people from urban areas can directly buy these products from the villages.
- The farmers demanded for:
- Implementation of Swaminathan Commission’s Recommendation on Minimum Support Price,
- Fix MSP for milk and vegetables.
- Complete farm loan waiver, and
- Fixed minimum income for formers.
- The protest immediately impacted Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
- The protest coincides with the first anniversary of the Mandsaur police firing incident. Six farmers were killed by police during last year’s protest.
