Delhi protests on for 9 months: What do farmers across India think about the new laws
Down To Earth spoke to farmers across the country’s length and breadth and they had differing opinions about the protests and farm laws
More than 400,000 farmers to protest at Ramlila Maidan
On September 5, the Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally will start a march towards the Parliament with a list of demands regarding protection for …
Simply Put: Harvest of dissent
Indian farmers protests: The higher the yield, the greater the discontent
Loss of faith in government due to its perceived failure on multiple fronts regarding agrarian issues in the last 11 months have now boiled over
It may take at least 25 years to double farmers’ income: study
A soon-to-be-released study reconfirms deep agrarian crisis showing stagnancy in farm income in most states
Sikhs of Lakhimpur-Kheri: How India has to discover itself everyday because of its education system
The elevation of Charanjit Channi to chief ministership and the tragic deaths of Sikh farmers in Lakhimpur-Kheri show us just what exactly is …
State cracks down on farmer protest, lookout notices against 44
Amarinder Singh blames Delhi Police for using January 26 protests as excuse to harass genuine farmers
Farmers mark a year of farm laws with ‘Bharat Bandh’
Bharat Bandh, marking a year since passage of farm bills in Parliament, passes off peacefully
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
Punjab rejects Centre’s new agri laws, passes 3 bills of its own
They essentially provide that no sale or purchase of wheat and paddy will take place below the minimum support price
Dalits, adivasis to protest in Gandhinagar for land rights
The Gujarat government is planning to give 45 lakh hectare of cultivable wasteland to corporates for farming while ignoring the landless Dalits …
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
India’s agrarian distress: Is farming a dying occupation
Farmers across the globe are quitting their business, while the rural youth population is increasing. Who will grow our food?
A thaw? Centre agrees to farmers’ demands on stubble burning, power subsidy
No consensus reached on core demand to repeal farm laws; next meeting January 4
Union Budget 2021-22: Despite farmer protests, agriculture concerns hardly addressed
Overall budgetary allocation to agriculture down 8% from last year, no major announcement for flagship schemes
Farmers to decide on govt’s invite to talk today
Transporters in the National Capital Region threaten to go on strike if farmers’ demands are not met
‘Yes or no?’ Farmers ask; government can’t say
Next round of meeting on December 9, a day after proposed all-India shutdown
Farmers in Raigad protest against land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai corridor
Farmers say state is proceeding with land acquisition even though Centre had asked state to drop Dighi port project under DMIC
Farmers give a thumbs-down to day-long talks, even as govt says progress made
The government agreed to talk about seven major objections of farmers in new farm laws; farmers not satisfied with talks
