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KRRS to hold protest

Bangalore: The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will hold a demonstration here on October 15 to protest against the proposed 100 per cent of withdrawal of agricultural subsidies as part of the World Trade agreement.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, KRRS president Kodihalli Chandrashekhar said that Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath would be signing an agreement to this effect later this month and it would spell disaster to an already ailing sector.

Disaster had struck Indian farmers after the signing of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994 and the present agreement would be a second blow, Mr. Chandrashekhar said.

Over 1.50 lakh farmers had committed suicide in India after the implementation of the GATT agreement, he added.

“The United States gives an annual subsidy of $ 296 billion to farmers. They have recently extended the subsidies by another five years. How can they expect the Indian Government to withdraw subsides to its poor farmers when such is the situation?” Mr.Chandrashekhar sought to know.

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