Date:21/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/21/stories/2006092110690500.htm

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

`Kisan Panchayat' tomorrow

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The All India Kisan Sabha is organising a State-level `Kisan Panchayat' here on Friday. Kisan Sabha president V. Chamunni told a news conference here on Wednesday that the `Kisan Panchayat' would discuss the proposals for solving the agrarian crisis in Kerala. The draft proposals include total waiver of farm loans, change in farm loan norms, implementation of a comprehensive crop insurance scheme, value addition, encouragement of organic farming, — Special Correspondent