NEW DELHI: Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in rural areas of northern India on Friday to demand for legislation that would guarantee minimum support prices for all farm produce. PROTESTING FARMERS Members of Center of India Trade Unions (CITU) shout slogans in support of a countrywide rural strike called by farmers in Jammu, India, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. AP photoThe farmers are camping on the border between Punjab and Haryana after being blocked by concrete and metal barricades. The protesting farmers are mostly from Punjab and Haryana and are relatively better-off than farmers in other Indian states. Farmers said a guaranteed minimum support price for other crops would stabilize their incomes.

Source: Manila Times February 17, 2024 00:15 UTC