
Farmers describe 2022 Union Budget as disappointing
The Hindu
Farmers’ leader says the budget seems to be tailor-made for big-time private investors while there is no mention of some of their demands, including statutory guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural produce
The Union Budget 2022-23 has evoked negative response from farmers who said provisions for agriculture were disappointing and even silent on their key demands.
Kurubur Shanthakumar of Federation of Farmers’ Organisations said that the budget seems to be tailor-made for big-time private investors while there is no mention of some of their demands, including implementation of the recommendations of Swaminathan Committee Report on Agriculture or statutory guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural produce.

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