The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of farmers protesting against three farm laws and for the legal guarantee of the minimum support price, on Monday announced a nationwide 'chakka jam' for three hours on February 6. The protesting farmers said that they would block national and state highways for three hours between 12 pm and 3 pm on Saturday, in protest against the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and other issues. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Budget 2021: Nominal GDP growth projection may be underestimated, says SBI

State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Hindalco, UPL and Bharat Petroleum Corporation were among the top gainers today

According to ICRA, even if the farmers' protest end by February, there would still be a steep decline of 30-35 per cent in toll collection on national highways in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi-NCR region for FY21, as compared to 5-7 per cent drop for rest of India

The opposition parties had given notice under rule 267 calling for the suspension of business of the day to take up discussion on the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders against three new farm laws

In a press conference at the Singhu border, farmers' unions seemed disgruntled by the government for \"ignoring\" them in the Union Budget speech. They accused the government of alleged harassment, as they said that water and power supplies to the protest sites had been curtailed

In her budget speech for the next fiscal, she said the procurement of crops like paddy, wheat, pulses and cotton has jumped manifold in the last six years

In a series of tweets, Pawar had on Saturday said the new agriculture laws of the Union government will adversely impact the Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement and weaken the 'Mandi' system

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ccording to EY, the industry expects Budget to offer price support in the form of Goods and Service Tax (GST) exemption from regulatory payments such as license fee and spectrum usage charges (SUC)

As farmers' protest at Delhi borders against the contentious laws continues unabated, Pawar said in a series of tweets that the MSP mechanism should be strengthened further

Farmers' unions have cancelled their planned march to Parliament on February 1, the Budget Day -- as cracks began to appear in the ongoing agitation against the agri laws after the violence during the tractor parade on Republic Day

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the minimum support prices (MSPs) of copra for 2021 season

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The protesters are no more restricted to just Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. The unions said they had mobilised some organisations in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal to intensify the agitations

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Farmers have firmly said that they will not go back to their homes until the government accepts their demand to repeal the three contentious farm laws

A farmer leader, who attended the meeting with the police, said, 'The government wants us to take out our rally outside Delhi, but we want to hold it inside Delhi. No decision was taken in today's meeting'

In the tenth round of talks with protesting farmer leaders, the government proposes to suspend the three farm laws and set up a joint committee to discuss the Acts