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Monica Gill

21 Feb, 9 tweets, 5 min read

Hello! Let's talk MSP! What is MSP? Simply put, minimum support price is an agricultural product price, set by the GOI to purchase directly from the farmer.
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

MSP was created to ensure a minimum profit for the farmer in case the market price was below the cost of harvesting produce. GOI set prices for 23 commodities twice a year
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

This allowed farmers to ask for competitive rates for produce because they knew they had a guaranteed buyer if deals didn't go through.
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

Because agriculture is a state subject, some states had MSP while others did not. with the "Anti" farmer laws, GOI has brought farming under the renters control. Within the 2 bills, there is not a SINGLE mention of MSP!
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

However, the "Anti" Farm Laws have removed food and produce items from the essential commodities act. Corporates are now allowed to hoard these items in storage units.
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

Hoarding decreases demand. Without demand, farmers will not be able to negotiate fair deals, especially without an MSP. In order to sell produce, farmers will be forced to sell dirt cheap, at prices less than those of procurement.
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

Punjab and Haryana are the only states i which the bulk of the wheat and rice produced is procured by the govt, which helps explain why farmers from these states are at the forefront of protests. Fearing a disruption of the procurement under the MSP regime.
#MSPLawForAllCrops

With the removal of food and produce items from he Essential Commodities act, GOI has essentially deregulated the agricultural market. Without MSP there will be a downhill spiral of debt, poverty, and suicide.
#MSPLawForAllCrops
#FarmersProtest

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19 Feb

Let’s talk farming and fertilisers! So green revolution onwards, Punjab had a heavy dependency on fertilisers. Chemicals were heavily used in fertilisers which were so heavily used in farming that they didn’t just remain in the soil, (con't)

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they also leached into the waterway systems. And of course, in Punjab, everyone uses wells right? So all the drinking water was polluted with dozens of chemicals that are harmful. This is why Punjab (Malwa region especially) has such a high rate of cancer.
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Monica Gill

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17 Feb

Let's talk corporates! Namely PepsiCo!
In the early 90's PepsiCo wanted to see soft drinks in India. At that time, only CocoCola had managed to get into the Indian market and they had pretty much taken over.
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GOI set the condition, that PepsiCo must also open up a food processing plants in India. So, PepsiCo moved into Punjab and set up contracts with local farmers for tomatoes and chilli which they were able to use for their sister company PizzaHut.
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Then in the late 90's, PepsiCo sold/closed the factories and just decided that they were no longer going to do contract farming in Punjab. BUT during this time they had also entered into contract farming in Gujarat for potatoes.
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Monica Gill

@Monica_Gill1

17 Feb

@swamy39

Dear @swamy39, you seemed like someone with a decent amount of literacy in a party full of imbeciles. Propagating the narrative below is beneath you. I highly advise you to check yourself. The below has absolutely no truth to it.
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https://twitter.com/dharma2x/status/1361816016787963912

@Swamy39

There is no connection between Sikhism and Hinduism. Sikhism is an INDEPENDENT religion. Completely. This is a great example of the RSS agenda to some how make it a sect of Hinduism. And they have Harvard graduates propagating it. SHAME ON YOU @Swamy39!
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@Swamy39

This is why we all need to be aware of what’s going on around us. This is why we need to read about our history and Punjab’s history. This guys is a Harvard grad, and he’s ABSOLUTELY delusional. @Swamy39 , stop writing garbage books.
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Monica Gill

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16 Feb

"People describe the farmer as the lord of grains, but no one sees whether he, himself eats or not. It is the biggest wonder of the world that the one who produces remains hungry. I tell the Raja/Nawab and all types of govt (cont)
#RememberSirChhotuRamInModiEra
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of Hindustan to not harass the farmer to the extent that he stands up..Other people break the law when they get angry, w/ a govt, but when the farmer would get angry, he would not only break the law, he would also break the govt."
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Who was Chaudary Chhotu Ram? Sir Chhotu Ram was born into a well known Jat family in a village in Haryana on Nov 24, 1881. He got his law degree from Agra College in 1910 ad started practicing in 1905.
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