Bharat Bandh news: Farmers announce nationwide protest on 16 Feb. Banks, offices shut on Friday? Know details
Farmers' meeting with Centre on Thursday amid chaos at Delhi borders: 10 points A number of public intellectuals and artists issued a joint statement on Wednesday in support of the joint call by the workers and farmers for a sectoral industrial strike and Grameen Bharat Bandh on February 16. Farmers’ leaders to meet union ministers after police use pellet guns, tear gas A total of 34 people signed the joint statement, which appeals to people from all walks of life "to extend all support to this momentous action" of the farmers and the workers.
According to India.com, various private and government offices, and village shops may remain shut on Friday. Besides, transportation, agricultural activities, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) rural works, and rural industrial and service sector institutions are likely to remain closed.
What happened to govt-appointed panel on MSP formed after 2021 farmers' protest? Emergency services such as ambulance operations, marriage, medical shops, school, etc., will not be affected during the Bharat Bandh on Friday. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a Minimum Support Price for crops based on the Swaminathan formula of C2 50 (input cost of capital 50%), legal guarantee of procurement, debt waiver, no hike in electricity tariff and no smart metres.
They also demanded free 300 units of power for farming for domestic use and shops, comprehensive crop insurance, and a hike in pensions to ₹10,000 per month among others. Farmers' protest: Congress had dismissed Swaminathan Report in 2010, here's why Meanwhile, a panel of three Union ministers will hold a meeting with protesting farmer leaders in Chandigarh on
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