Karnataka Farmers  

PM Narendra Modi released the third instalment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi of Rs 2,000 for the period December 2019 to March 2020.

Farmers in Karnataka protested the alleged move by the state government to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, and the lack of water supply in North Karnataka.

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley takes a back seat in the Union cabinet citing health reasons. Cauvery Water Management Authority in New Delhi ordered Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu. For all the latest news, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

India welcomed the budget and thanked the Central government for providing the budget in favour of farmers 

North Karnataka farmers call HD Kumaraswamy anti-farmer in protest after HDK fails to deliver waivers on farm loans as promised. They have indicated that they would march to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Modi to take up this issue. 

As the Karnataka government broke its promise on farm loan waivers mentioned by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on waiving farm loans in 24 hours as soon as he takes the oath, Karnataka farmers especially in drought-hit districts of North Karnataka, accused HD Kumaraswamy, calling him an anti-farmer for coming up with lame excuses.

The farmer had sold his sugarcane to Vijayalakshmi Sugar Mills. As the company did not harvest it on time the farmer did it himself. Following this, company refused to buy his crop.

Farmers are expressing doubts if Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka government has yielded to pressure from sugar mill owners. 

Sugar mills in Belagavi, Bagalkote, Haliyal, Kalaghataki, Vijayapura, Kalburgi, Bidar and Mandya districts together reportedly owe Rs 480 crore to the farmers.

Karnataka farmers have been agitating in the state for over a week demanding an increase in the minimum support price of sugarcane

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Around 200 farmers in and around Channarayapatna taluk (sub-division) of Hassan district, Karnataka, wrote a letter narrating their woes to CM HD Kumaraswamy in blood.