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In west Uttar Pradesh, minimum support price for all crops is farmers' wish

Kamal Singh, a beneficiary of PM Kisan Nidhi, and middle-aged broker Khalid bemoan how not just farmers, but tillers and agriculture labourers have suffered after demonetisation

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A potato farmer at work in Khair tehsil, Aligarh Photo: Archis Mohan

Archis Mohan New Delhi/Aligarh
Stray cows and nilgais foraging on standing crops with little fear and recent rain have left Kamal Singh, a 45-year-old marginal farmer in Khair tehsil of Aligarh, distraught. It has cost him more money to harvest his entire potato crop, sown on less than half a hectare, than what he is likely to get in the market. 

Singh is a beneficiary of the PM Kisan Nidhi, under which the Centre has promised Rs 2,000 each in three instalments to farmers with less than two hectares of land. He is, however, yet to get the money since the plot of land

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