In view of farmers' agitation in some parts of the country, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today cancelled his trip to China for the BRICS agriculture meeting scheduled from June 15-17. Singh was to take flight tomorrow morning to attend the meeting of the BRICS agriculture cooperative group. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have already announced loan waiver to provide relief to farmers. Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and several other states are under pressure to announce loan waiver, which renowned agri-scientist M S Swaminathan yesterday said was "temporarily necessary". Farmers are protesting in several parts of the country but the agitation turned violent in Madhya pradesh.

Source: dna June 14, 2017 11:37 UTC