-The Indian Express Centre must make transparent efforts to push exports consistently and not follow the stop-go policy emanating from price controls for the Indian consumer market. The flashpoint between the agitating Farmers and the central government is essentially rooted in the mismatch between the supply and demand for the wheat crop in India. The genesis of the current state of affairs stems from policies initiated over half a century ago when...
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Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers? -P Sainath
-TheWire.in The laws contain among the most sweeping exclusions of a citizen’s right to legal recourse in any law outside of the Emergency of 1975-77. “No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government or the State Government, or any officer of the Central Government or the State Government or any other person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done...
More »Urban Punjab join Farmers’ protests: ‘We don’t have farmland, but we do have a conscience’ -Raakhi Jagga
-The Indian Express As every city in the state saw people coming out on the roads this time, even the industrial town of Ludhiana, which usually never rises to such calls, saw people supporting the bandh. Ludhiana: While the protests against Centre’s farm laws have been driven majorly by Farmers, Tuesday’s band saw an outpouring of support from urban areas in Punjab. As every city in the state saw people coming out on...
More »Study points towards hunger and destitution amidst hope for a V-shaped economic recovery
Preliminary findings of a survey among 3,994 respondents from 11 states reveal that most vulnerable households and communities, such as SCs, STs, OBCs, PVTGs, slum dwellers, daily wage labourers, Farmers, single women headed households, etc. continue to witness depressed incomes during September-October in comparison to their income levels prior to the lockdown. The face-to-face survey conducted by the Right to Food Campaign and Center for Equity Studies (instead of telephonic...
More »Farm Laws: Key Talking Points of the Centre's Proposed Dilutions
-TheWire.in The Centre has promised to give a written assurance to Farmers on the MSP regime, however Farmer union leaders have questioned the current status of this system where some Farmers get paid even below the MSP. New Delhi: After several weeks of protests against the hastily passed agriculture laws, the Centre on Wednesday came up with a set of draft proposals, diluting some provisions of the laws. However, some Farmer union...
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