NEW DELHI: MSP (Minimum Support Price) tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega (MSP was there, MSP is there, MSP will remain in the future) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha on Monday amid the ongoing farmers protests against the Centre s contentious farm laws.
PM Modi also said that the need of the hour is to improve the lives of the country s small farmers and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) initiated changes in the agriculture sector since 2014. Since 2014 we have initiated changes in the agriculture sector aimed at empowering the farmer. The crop insurance scheme was changed to make it more farmer-friendly. The PM-KISAN scheme was also brought in. We are working for the small farmers, said the Prime Minister while replying to the motion of thanks on the President s address in the Rajya Sabha.
MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega, assures PM Modi
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Last Updated: Feb 08, 2021, 08:17 PM IST
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PM Modi also said that the need of the hour is to improve the lives of the country s small farmers and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) initiated changes in the agriculture sector since 2014.
PM Modi defends new farm laws in Rajya Sabha address, quotes Manmohan Singh to question opposition U-turn
New Delhi: MSP (Minimum Support Price) tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega (MSP was there, MSP is there, MSP will remain in the future) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha on Monday amid the ongoing farmers protests against the Centre s contentious farm laws.
Updated Feb 08, 2021 | 13:40 IST
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has demanded a legal guarantee to the Minimum Support Price on farmers produce, urging the formulation of a law. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday demanded a law to be formed guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers on their produce. Tikait s statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Parliament that the MSP that was already given is here to stay When did we say that MSP is ending? We said that a law be formed on MSP. If such a law is formed, all the farmers of the country will be benefitted. Right now, there is no law on MSP and the farmers are looted by traders, Rakesh Tikait said.
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Prime Minister defends farm reforms, says India can achieve great things if it comes together as one February 08, 2021 / 05:16 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the joint session of Parliament on February 8 in the Rajya Sabha. In his 75-minute-long speech, Modi crystallised and encapsulated his government’s achievements and vision for the country.
That Modi is an orator and communicator par excellence is established, especially in the past six years, and his speech in the upper house had a measured restraint which only amplified the gravity of the speech and topics he dealt upon.
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Centre Allocates Rs 73K Cr to MGNREGA for Next Fiscal, 34% Less Than Revised Estimate of FY 21
The Budget was presented on a tablet instead of the Bahi Khaata used last year. (Image Credit: Twitter/ ANI)
The Centre had allocated Rs 40,000 crore to MGNREGA as part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.
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The Centre has allocated Rs 73,000 crore to the rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA for the next fiscal 2021-22, substantially lower than the actual expenditure of Rs 1.11 lakh crore in the current fiscal which included an additional Rs 40,000 crore for the scheme given by the government in the wake of the pandemic s impact on the economy.