The farmers union body also said that its agitation will not be called off at Delhi's border points, till the three farm laws are formally repealed in Parliament...

Farm leaders say protests will continue until the govt makes a law on MSP and removes Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra...

They also want the government to withdraw the false cases filed against several peasants during the year, mainly in BJP-ruled states...

At present, MSP is fixed for 23 farm commodities based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices...

The council will have representatives of the central government, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists, and agricultural economists...

The funds will be primarily utilised for repayment of bank loans taken by the state-owned firm for procurement of cotton during the previous seven marketing years...

The BJP parliamentarian said farmers would continue to be exploited as long as there is no legal guarantee on minimum support price...

The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee sent a proposal demanding its implementation in order to safeguard the interests of cultivators in the state...

The decision to increase the MSPs was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by PM Narendra Modi...

Prices increased by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 per quintal at Modi-chaired meeting...