No surrender: Farmer unions refuse Centre’s proposal to ‘hold’ farm laws

Farmer unions say they will stop at nothing short of a repeal of laws; talks on tractor rally inconclusive  

Centre offers to put farm laws on ‘hold’ for a year

Farmers will study proposal and get back; Centre also withdraws pleas against tractor rally

Government told Supreme Court south India didn't protest new farm laws; How true is that?

The five southern states have recorded at least 26 major protests since September 2020. Of them, December saw the maximum 12 protests.

Same old story: Ninth round of talks between farmers, Centre inconclusive

Both sides agree to meet January 19, a day after apex court hears application on farmers’ January 26 tractor rally

They have been vocal for farm laws: Farmer unions reject Supreme Court committee

We never asked for a committee; neither did we ask for the court’s intervention, they said

Put farm laws on hold or we will: SC to Centre

Farmers' unions decline apex court's proposal to set up talks with a committee

3 in 5 persons at farmer protest sites near Delhi have to defecate in open: Survey

Inadequate provisioning of toilets compromising health, nutrition and hygiene for all protesters, especially women, survey by Jan Swasthya …

Farmers prepare for mega tractor rally on January 26

Delhi farmers’ protests: Talks prove inconclusive; next meeting January 8

Centre reiterates intention to have discussions clause by clause but farmer leaders refuse, leading to rescheduling

Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the march

The ‘Delhi Chalo’ (Onward to Delhi) agitation began November 26, 2020, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …

Every day, 28 people dependent on farming die by suicide in India

People in the farm sector accounted for 7.4 per cent of the total suicides in India, according to the latest NCRB report 

Why rich and poor farmers demand MSP, government intervention in market

Agriculture not possible without government support, rue farmers 

Amid protests over agri laws let's look at how some countries support farmers

Every day, 54, mostly developed countries give nearly $2 billion in support to their farmers

Farmers at Singhu and Tikri have a host of global peasant revolts to look up to

As the farmer protests continue in Delhi, we examine other instances in world history when cultivators have rebelled

Farm laws 2020: Who are they meant to serve?

In rushing the farm bills through Parliament on strength of numbers, the Union government seems to have handed short end of the stick to states …

Government is offering farmers ‘death by committee’: Experts

The government had offered to form a committee to discuss three farm laws in talks with farmers December 1

On Constitution Day, police use tear gas, water cannon on farmers

While many farmer leaders were detained November 24 and 25 and taken into preventive custody, others were detained November 26 too

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

Haryana hurdle: Paddy procurement season on, but farmers have no buyers

Crop moisture to logistics, government officials rejecting paddy, claimed farmers 

India’s agrarian distress: How dissent has been on the rise

At least 50 major protests were reported across 20 Indian states in 9 months between January and September 2020

As told to Parliament (September 21, 2020): No data on farmers’ suicides, admits government

All that was discussed in the Houses through the day  

As told to Parliament (September 18, 2020): 10,281 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2019

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Improving water security in Maharashtra’s cotton-growing villages

Cotton is an important fibre crop in Maharashtra, with more than four million farmers engaged in cotton farming

Growth in agriculture is not remunerative to Indian farmers

Exceptional growth in agriculture and acreage in kharif season precipitate a crisis like never before for farmers