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The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions rejected the Centre's MSP panel for having “so-called farmer leaders” who supported the now-repealed farm laws as members.

Why farmers' union umbrella body SKM rejected Centre's MSP panel?

As per the Agriculture Ministry&rsquo;s gazette notification, the panel will comprise NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, who had said that the repeal of the three farm laws is a &lsquo;setback&rsquo; to higher price realisation by cultivators.

A day after the Centre formed a committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP), the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions rejected it for having &ldquo;so-called farmer leaders&rdquo; who supported the now-repealed farm laws as its members.
The committee was finally formed on Monday, eight months after the central government had promised to set up such a panel while withdrawing the three contentious farm laws that saw nationwide protests by farmers with thousands of them camping at Delhi borders for over a year. The committee has been tasked with finding ways to make MSP available to farmers more effectively and transparently while making it a legal guarantee.
&ldquo;Today, we held a meeting of non-political leaders of Samyukta Kisan Morcha. All leaders rejected the government&rsquo;s panel. The government has inducted so-called farmer leaders in the panel who didn&rsquo;t have anything to do with our agitation against the three farm laws at the Delhi borders,&rdquo; said farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar.
SKM further accused the government of including people from the corporate sector in the MSP panel.
As per the Agriculture Ministry&rsquo;s gazette notification, the panel will comprise NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, who has in the past expressed his disagreement with the repeal of three farm laws which according to him is a &lsquo;setback&rsquo; to higher price realisation by cultivators.
On legalisation of MSP, he had said in a 2021 interview to Livemint, "Legalizing MSPs spells doom for the crops market and implies takeover of trade by government. Such interventions are fiscally ruinous. It will also kill the entrepreneurial skill of our innovative farmers, robbing them of opportunities to take advantage of emerging demand patterns."
Other members in the panel include agri-economists CSC Shekhar from the Indian Institute of Economic Development, Sukhpal Singh from IIM- Ahmedabad, and senior member of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) Naveen P Singh.
Among farmers&rsquo; representatives, the committee will have national award-winning farmer Bharat Bhushan Tyagi, three members from SKM, and five members from other farmer organisations that include Gunwant Patil, Krishnaveer Choudhary, Pramod Kumar Choudhary, Guni Prakash and Sayyed Pasha Patel.
Two members of the farmers&rsquo; cooperative, IFFCO Chairman Dilip Sanghani and CNRI General Secretary Binod Anand are included in the panel.
Senior members of agricultural universities, five central government secretaries and chief secretaries of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha are also part of the committee.
With PTI inputs

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday expressed its disappointment against the Union government and accused the Centre of completely reneging on the written promises made to the farmers when the protest was lifted on December 9 last year.
Three important decisions regarding the farmers' movement were taken at the national meet of representatives of all the farmers' organizations associated with the SKM, held in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
In a statement issued by the SKM, the farmers' body claimed that neither the committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been formed, nor the "false" cases registered against the farmers during the agitation been withdrawn.
It also accused the government of not being ready to consider the biggest demand of the farmers -- a legal guarantee on MSP.
In protest against this alleged "betrayal" by the government, "Protest Against Betrayal" public meetings will be organized at district level, from the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament on July 18 till July 31 -- the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh -- across the country, the SKM said in its statement.
The SKM has also announced that at the end of this campaign, on July 31, a chakka jam of all the major highways across the country will be organized from 11 am to 3 pm.
It has also been decided in the meet that the farm organizations will mobilize unemployed youth and ex-servicemen against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, which is "anti-national and anti-youth as well as anti-farmer".
"To expose the Agnipath scheme, 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' conferences will be organized across the country from August 7 to August 14, in which ex-servicemen and unemployed youth will also be invited," the statement read.
On the 75th anniversary of Independence, a 75-hour mass dharna will be held in Lakhimpur Kheri from August 18 to August 20, demanding sacking of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, it stated.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area on October 3 last year.
Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

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Three important decisions regarding the farmers' movement were taken at the national meet of representatives of all the farmers' organizations associated with the SKM.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday expressed its disappointment against the Union government and accused the Centre of completely reneging on the written promises made to the farmers when the protest was lifted on December 9 last year.
Three important decisions regarding the farmers' movement were taken at the national meet of representatives of all the farmers' organizations associated with the SKM, held in Ghaziabad on Sunday.
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In a statement issued by the SKM, the farmers' body claimed that neither the committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been formed, nor the "false" cases registered against the farmers during the agitation been withdrawn.
It also accused the government of not being ready to consider the biggest demand of the farmers -- a legal guarantee on MSP.
In protest against this alleged "betrayal" by the government, "Protest Against Betrayal" public meetings will be organized at district level, from the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament on July 18 till July 31 -- the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh -- across the country, the SKM said in its statement.
The SKM has also announced that at the end of this campaign, on July 31, a chakka jam of all the major highways across the country will be organized from 11 am to 3 pm.
It has also been decided in the meet that the farm organizations will mobilize unemployed youth and ex-servicemen against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, which is "anti-national and anti-youth as well as anti-farmer".
"To expose the Agnipath scheme, 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' conferences will be organized across the country from August 7 to August 14, in which ex-servicemen and unemployed youth will also be invited," the statement read.
On the 75th anniversary of Independence, a 75-hour mass dharna will be held in Lakhimpur Kheri from August 18 to August 20, demanding sacking of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, it stated.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri during the violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to the area on October 3 last year.
Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

Continuing to back the demands of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member's bill seeking legal guarantee of MSP with financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore.
The bill titled -- The Farmers Right To Guaranteed Minimum Support Price Realization Of Agri-Produce Bill, 2021 -- aims to provide legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for 22 crops that should be set at a profit margin of 50 per cent over the comprehensive cost of production.
Gandhi has submitted the bill in Parliament but it is yet to be introduced.
MPs can pilot private members' bill in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members' bills have been passed.
As per Gandhi's proposed legislation, any farmer realising a price less than the above declared MSP shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the difference in value between price realised and the guaranteed MSP.
It also proposes that payments should be made directly into the accounts of farmers within two days of the transaction.
The proposed legislation came a week after the central government had introduced a bill to repeal the contentious three farm laws.
The protesting farmers have postponed their stir from the borders of the national capital and started returning home after the Centre assured them of taking back cases, and forming a committee to look into the issue of MSP.
Gandhi, the Pilibhit MP, had been publicly supporting farmers' and suggesting the government to engage with them.
He was among the first to seek "strict action" against his own party leader and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra for his son's alleged involvement in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that left four farmers dead.
A day after the Prime Minister had announced the repeal of three farm laws, Gandhi wrote to Modi that many "innocent lives" could have been saved had the decision been taken earlier.
On the issues related to farmers, Gandhi has been taking a stand in support of farmers that appears to be not in line with the BJP's official stance.
Giving rationale for the bill, Gandhi said the declaration of guaranteed MSP to farmers shall result in improved farm realisation for potentially 93 million agricultural households, leading to a resurgence in the rural economy.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi submits private members' bill for legal guarantee of MSP

Continuing to back the demands of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member's bill seeking legal guarantee of MSP with financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Titled -- The Farmers Right To Guaranteed MSP Realization Of Agri-Produce Bill, 2021 -- it aims to provide legally guaranteed minimum support price&nbsp;for 22 crops that should be set at a profit margin of 50 per cent over the comprehensive cost of production.
Varun&nbsp;has submitted the bill in Parliament but it is yet to be introduced.
As per the proposed legislation, any farmer realising a price less than the declared MSP shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the difference in value between price realised and the guaranteed MSP.
It also proposes that payments should be made directly into the accounts of farmers within two days of the transaction.
The proposed legislation came a week after the Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;government had introduced a bill to repeal the contentious three farm laws.
Varun has been taking a stand in support of farmers that appears to be not in line with the BJP's official stance.
Giving rationale for the bill,&nbsp;Varun said the declaration of guaranteed MSP to farmers shall result in improved farm realisation for potentially 93 million agricultural households. MPs can pilot private members' bill in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members' bills have been passed.
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BJP MP Varun Gandhi submits private members' bill for legal guarantee of MSP

Continuing to back the demands of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member's bill seeking a legal guarantee of MSP with a financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore.
The bill titled -- The Farmers Right To Guaranteed Minimum Support Price Realization Of Agri-Produce Bill, 2021 -- it&nbsp;aims to provide a legally guaranteed <a href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/budget/budget-2022-rs-2-3-lakh-crore-to-be-directly-paid-as-msp-to-farmers-1643697465767" target="_blank">minimum support price (MSP)</a> for 22 crops that should be set at a profit margin of 50 percent over the comprehensive cost of production.
Gandhi has submitted the bill in Parliament but it is yet to be introduced.
MPs can pilot private members' bills in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members' bills have been passed.
As per Gandhi's proposed legislation, any farmer realizing a price less than the above declared MSP shall be entitled to compensation equal to the difference in value between the price realized and the guaranteed MSP.
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It also proposes that payments should be made directly into the accounts of farmers within two days of the transaction.
The proposed legislation came a week after the central government had introduced a bill to repeal the contentious three farm laws.
The protesting farmers have postponed their stir from the borders of the national capital and started returning home after the Centre assured them of taking back cases and forming a committee to look into the issue of MSP.
Gandhi, the Pilibhit MP, had been publicly supporting farmers' and suggesting the government to engage with them.
He was among the first to seek "strict action" against his own party leader and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra for his son's alleged involvement in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that left four farmers dead.
A day after the Prime Minister had announced the repeal of three farm laws, Gandhi wrote to Modi that many "innocent lives" could have been saved had the decision been taken earlier.
On the issues related to farmers, Gandhi has been taking a stand in support of farmers that appears to be not in line with the BJP's official stance.
Giving the rationale for the bill, Gandhi said the declaration of guaranteed MSP to farmers shall result in improved farm realization for potentially 93 million agricultural households, leading to a resurgence in the rural economy.

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