Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday formed a 5-member committee to find a solution for the issues faced by the farmers as massive agitation happened in Noida and Greater Noida for the last two days. The state govt has constituted the committee under the chairmanship of IAS Anil Kumar Sagar, Principal Secretary of Infrastructure and Industrial Development.
Other members of the committee are
- IAS Piyush Sharma, Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development Department
- Sanjay Khatri, Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO), Noida
- Saumya Srivastava, Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO), Greater Noida
- Kapil Singh, Additional Chief Executive Officer (ACEO), YEIDA
As per the official order regarding the formation, the committee will submit the report and recommendations to the government in a month. Earlier, a committee under the Chairmanship of Revenue Board Chairman was formed to make recommendations on the matter. The newly formed committee will deliberate on those recommendations and is expected to submit its report in one month. Notably, farmers of about 20 districts started a march to Parliament Complex on Monday but were stopped at the UP-Delhi border.
On Tuesday, the farmers again gathered at Dalit Prerna Sthal in a bid to enter the national capital. The police later detained over 150 protestors. The farmer organisations, who are at the helm of the protest, have put forward some demands which include-
- an allocation of 10 per cent plots.
- a 64.7 per cent increase in compensation under the old acquisition law (four times the market rate).
- 20 per cent plots for land acquired after January 1, 2014.
- employment and rehabilitation benefits to children of landless farmers.
