Financial package for farmers a hoax: Unions

Sangrur, May 27

Farmer organisations observed the “Save Farmers and Save Country Day” on Wednesday and submitted memorandums of their demands at the district level across Punjab. The day was observed on the call given by the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee.

“The Centre has announced a package for farmers, but actually not a single rupee has been allotted to farmers,” said Dr Darshan Paul, executive president, Krantikari Kisan Union.

Farmer leaders alleged that under the garb of financial package, the Centre had abolished the Agricultural Produce and Marketing Committee Act and Essential Commodities Act, introduced Contract Farming Act, centralised agricultural e-marketing (eNAM), abolished subsidies and paved the way for corporatisation of land acquisition by following the dictates of the WTO. — TNS