Punjab Agriculture Policy to be finalized soon: Agriculture Minister
Holds meeting with BKU (Ugrahan) and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union leaders to take their suggestions & concerns
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 9-
Punjab Govt has already cancelled 25 FIRs filed against farmers in the state, said cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian, while assuring the Farmer Unions’ leaders that some more FIRs are also under process.
Khudian, along with CS Anurag Verma, Special DGP Law & Order Arpit Shukla and other senior state government officials, held detailed discussions with BKU (Ugrahan) and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union leaders at Punjab Bhawan here on Wednesday. The meeting was aimed to gather their suggestions and concerns regarding the policy.
BKU (Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan led a delegation that included Jora Singh Nasrali, Lachman Sewewala, Jhanda Singh Jethuke and Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan attended the meeting. The delegation praised the innovative measures proposed in the policy, which include promoting crop diversification, providing a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), offering one-time debt settlements for farmers, introducing a pension plan for small farmers and farm workers, implementing special debt waivers for small and marginal farmers, among other initiatives.