Amid nationwide lock down farmers stare at major crisis
On 24th March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a complete lockdown of the country till 14th April. He further added that the lockdown would be more stringent than the Janta curfew. In a press conference on 26th March, the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman announced that 8.69 crore farmers will get the first instalment of Rs2000 now instead of Rs 500 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana. To know how this lockdown will affect the livelihood of the farmers and if the fund relief provided by the government is sufficient, we reached out to Abhimanyu Kohar, Kirankumar Vissa, Akshay Narwal and Ramanjaneyulu. All the speakers represent Farmer associations or collectives. To begin, let’s listen to what to Mr.Abhimanyu Kohar, National President, Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh has to say. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
