-Newsclick.in This is because the new farm Laws have already paralysed mandis and traders are buying up paddy at lower prices. Even as farmer protests against the three new farm Laws entered the 17th day, information available for mandis (wholesale markets) shows that a large proportion of this year’s paddy crop is being bought from farmers at much below the government declared Minimum Support Price (MSP). This could be attributed to the...
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Farmers' Protests: An Opportune Moment to Review the Development Model of Land Grabbing -Vasundhara Jairath
-TheWire.in Engaging with the agrarian question must necessarily mean questioning the development model that is hungry for land but spits out the people that live on it. Over the last few weeks, images of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh engaged in pitched battles against the police, and by extension the state, have caught the nation’s attention as it forced the government into unconditional talks with a broad coalition of farmers’...
More »Why do Farmers Fear a Threat to Their Lands? -Shinzani Jain
-Newsclick.in The agitating farmers have time and again voiced apprehensions about losing their land. Will the implementation of the Farm Laws enforce such a change? On December 8, more than 50 lakh people were estimated to have observed a countrywide Bharat Bandh at around 20,000 protest sites, in as many as 22 states in India. The farmers were joined in their agitation by mass organisations, trade bodies, sectoral federations, and about 24...
More »India's Farm Protests: A Basic Guide to the Issues at Stake -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in While the protests have been triggered by the passing of the three new farm Laws, the farmers’ demands are not restricted to them. The Wire explains the concerns. Farmers who have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for the last two weeks – and in their states for almost three months now – rejected proposals by the Central government to amend the controversial new farm Laws. They argued that the...
More »Farmers from Amritsar in 700 tractors to join protests in Delhi
-Livemint.com The farmers on Thursday held a press conference at the Delhi-Haryana border and threatened to block railway tracks if their demands are not met. Members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee begin their journey to Delhi to join the ongoing farmers' protest against the new agriculture Laws. The farmers' protest enters the 16th day on Friday. "Around 700 tractor trolleys are moving towards Delhi's Kundli border," says SS Pandher, Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee. Meanwhile,...
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