Farmer organizations in Punjab seem angry with the budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday. The farmers of Punjab have accused the central budget of neglecting agriculture. Demonstrations have been announced outside the Deputy Commissioner offices in all the districts of Punjab.
In Punjab’s Amritsar, the farmer labor struggle has burnt the effigy of the Finance Minister. Organizations associated with farmers have termed the budget as disappointing for agriculture. In Amritsar, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee protested against the neglect of Punjab and agriculture sector by burning effigies of Modi Sarkar and the Union Finance Minister.
Organization leader Sarwan Singh is leading the protest. Alleging the neglect of agriculture and farmers in the budget, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee is protesting in all the districts on Thursday.
Budget will double farmers’ income, not debt: Hardev
Describing the Union Budget as anti-farmer and anti-people, the Kul Hind Kisan Sabha protested. The farmers gathered in village Bakshiwala shouted slogans against the government. Hardev Singh Bakshiwala, state representative of the Sabha said that there is nothing for the farmers, laborers and the poor class in this budget.
He said that in last year’s budget, 3.84 percent amount was kept for agricultural schemes, which has been reduced to 3.20 percent in this budget. For crop insurance, it has been reduced from 15500 crores to 13625 crores.
Fund scheme, this year’s budget has been cut by 8000 crores. He said that the income of the farmers has not doubled till 2022, but in the new budget, they have definitely made arrangements to double the agricultural loans. Bahadur Singh, Jeet Singh, Malkit Singh Harvinder Singh, Dhanna Singh, Darshan Singh, Makhan Singh etc were present on this occasion.
Farmer leaders criticized the budget, said- farmers and laborers were disappointed
The budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday has disappointed the farmers and laborers. Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta (Dakonda), who played an important role in Delhi Kisan Morcha, has criticized the budget. He says that this is the 10th budget of the Modi government, but this time also no special package was given to promote the agriculture sector in Punjab. Emphasis has been laid on increasing the yield of only coarse cereals.
Farmers themselves also want to get out of the cycle of traditional cultivation of paddy and wheat, but no concrete plan has been presented in the budget for this by the government. The farmer leader said that the central government should guarantee the purchase of all crops on MSP.
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