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The primary objective of the 2020 Farm Act was to empower farmers to freely sell their produce in any market, moving beyond the confines of local Mandis. ....
The first necessary policy action is to remove all bans on agri-exports, stocking limits on private trade, and stop unloading wheat and rice in the open market at below the economic cost of the Food Corporation of India. These are all anti-farmer policies ....
During the meeting with the agitating farmers, a panel of three Union ministers proposed the buying of pulses, maize, and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support prices for five years. ....
MUMBAI: Distress among farmers in Maharashtra pushed 2,851 of them to end their lives last year, according to data compiled by state relief and rehabi. ....
Notably, the parade comes exactly three years after January 26, 2021, when thousands of farmers had allegedly clashed with the police in Delhi during a large rally during which many had reached the Red Fort. ....