-The Indian Express Before the storm begins to take a turn for the worse or begins to ebb, it is time also for the farmers to reassess and seek positive concessions, because at the end of the agitation, no one would want a status quo ante, that is inevitable otherwise. “Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting,” Haruki Murakami’s...
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Dialogues for democracy, lessons from Rajasthan -Sakina Dhorajiwala, Puma Chandra Kishan and Rajendran Narayanan
-The Hindu Federalism and good governance need engagement between people and officials, as the MGNREGA programme shows It is 45 days and counting since lakhs of farmers have gathered in Delhi protesting against the farm Laws. Leaving aside the merits and demerits of the Laws, many are aggrieved about the process of promulgation of the Laws as it lacked any consultation with those that the Laws are purportedly meant to serve. Very often,...
More »Put farm Laws on hold or we will: SC to Centre -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth Said will facilitate talks before committee set up by the court The Supreme Court January 11, 2021 slammed the Narendra Modi government’s handling of protests by farmers over the recent agriculture-related Laws. It called for a committee and said if the government doesn’t stays the three Laws, the apex court would A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde said that it was disappointed with the way the government...
More »Farmers Protest: political Laws can’t be lobbed to SC, say protesters -Anita Joshua
-The Telegraph The agitators have repeatedly refused to implead themselves in the case despite the apex court offering them the option The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee on Sunday said the “Supreme Court does not and cannot have any role” in resolving the deadlock over the new farm Laws, adding that their enactment reflected a political decision to place corporate interests over those of farmers. The AIKSCC, which had given the “Dilli...
More »Why experts aren’t buying Centre’s argument against MSP for crops -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express Along with cancellation of the three farm Laws, making MSP legal for all crops is another major demand of the farmers protesting at the Delhi border. Jalandhar: While the Centre has been claiming that making Minimum Support Price (MSP) legal for all crops will put a burden of Rs 17 lakh crore on the government exchequer annually, there are economists and experts who are not buying this argument. The MSP...
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