Govt will face trouble if demands not met: Farmers at BKS-sponsored 'Kisan Garjana' rally

An RSSaffiliated farmers body held a Kisan Garjana rally at Ramleela Ground on Monday and warned that the states and the BJPled central government will face trouble if their demands are not met in timeThousands of farmers from several states including Punjab Maharashtra Telangana Andhra Pradesh Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh reached Delhi on tractors motorcycles and buses braving extreme cold to take part in the rally organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh BKSThey seek relief measures from the government including a rollback of GST on farming activities and an increase in the income support provided under the PMKisan scheme a BKS member saidA note issued by the BKS said state and central governments will face trouble if they do not heed the farmers demand in timeThe farmers have also called for revocation of the permission for commercial production of genetically modified crops and remunerative prices for their produce based on the input costLaunched in December 2018 an income support of Rs 6000 per year in three equal installments is provided to all land holding farmer families under the PMKisan schemeNarendra Patidar from Madhya Pradeshs Indore said GST on farm machinery and pesticides should be removedAlso Read Loans worth Rs 1009511 cr written off in last five financial years Nirmala SitharamanWith the rising input cost and inflation we dont make any profit The government should pay attention to our problems GST shouldnt be imposed on dairy farming either he saidEven the pension income support under PMKisan they are providing is not enough How can someone run a family on Rs 6000 or Rs 12000 in the current situation he saidSeveral farmers told PTI they will intensify the protest if the government did not meet their demands within three monthsDilip Kumar a farmer from Madhya Pradesh demanded that the GST on farm machinery pesticides and fertilisers should be removedThe government has even imposed a 5 per cent tax on dairy farming for no reason Moreover Rs 6000 under Kisan Samman Nidhi is nothing but a disrespect to farmers It should be at least Rs 15000 he saidPramod from Maharashtras Raigad accused the government of imposing GST on farmers and providing subsidies to companiesThey even charge GST on seeds At least something should be done about it GST The pension that they provide is a joke How can one sustain their family with just Rs 6000 Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar has said it will be increased to Rs 12000 but even that is not enough he saidMeanwhile Surendra Singh from Punjabs Firozpur claimed that the government did not provide the last two installments under the PMKisan schemePension should not only be increased to Rs 15000 but should also be disbursed on time Farmers are also skilled labourers that minimum respect should be given to us he saidAjay Bondre a farmer from Nagpur said earlier a protest was undertaken against genetically modified seeds but the government didnt listen to their demandResearches in other countries say that GM seeds will be harmful not just for us but also for our future generations Until and unless we are provided research details on it and get some proof that it is reliable we are not ready to use GM seeds at all he saidFarmers have been opposing GM crops for a very long time but the government is not paying any heed he addedKanchan Roy from Uttar Dinajpur West Bengal said several people have quit farming because they cannot bear the costs involvedThey have been migrating from West Bengal to Delhi Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Does the government realise how inflation is rising across the country and it still wants us to settle with just Rs 600012000 he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever