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Farmers` demands

2016-09-29
• Declare an agriculture emergency for five years; • Fix support price for cash crops like cotton, rice, potato and maze; • Stop the trade of agriculture goods with India; • Abolish agriculture income tax; • Announce a Rs200 billion sub-sidy on fertilisers after abolishing GST; • Apply a round-the-clock Rs5.35 per unit for tubewell tariff; • Award ownership rights to farmers cultivating state land on lease; • Lift restriction on the approval of canal water.