-NetworkIdeas.org Though not featuring in any of the three Farm laws, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at which the government promises to procure 25 different commodities through different agencies, is a central issue in the standoff between the government and protesting farmers. The latter fear that the implementation of the three laws will end the MSP regime, with the government withdrawing from procuring output at a remunerative cost-plus price. The response...
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From would-be employed to badly employed—the group that will lead India’s next mass movement -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in We have for the first time a group that can spearhead a nation-wide movement for employment. Conventional wisdom holds that unemployment does not lend itself to political mobilisation in India. You can launch mass movements on generic issues like price rise, corruption or on sectoral issues like caste reservations or Farm laws. But you cannot create a similar movement on rising unemployment, no matter how high the joblessness figure is. A...
More »What the Latest NSS Survey Tells us About the State of Farmers in India -Siraj Hussain and Seema Bathla
-TheWire.in The detailed socio-economic data set provides insight into a farmer’s investment behaviour, level of indebtedness and income earned from various activities. The recent release of the decennial NSS 77th round Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAS) is a welcome development for agriculture and allied sectors. The detailed socio-economic data set provides insight into a farmer’s investment behaviour, level of indebtedness and income earned from various activities. An analysis of these and other...
More »Farmers Say No To Meeting Called By Haryana On Lifting Highway Blockade -Ashutosh Tripathi
-NDTV The highway (NH-44) has been blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's new Farm laws at the Singhu and Tikri borders since November last year. New Delhi: The protesting farmers, digging in their heels, have refused to attend the meeting called by the Haryana government about opening passage to the Delhi border. The highway (NH-44) has been blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's new Farm laws at the Singhu and Tikri...
More »23 years gone, farmers not paid for acquisition: Punjab and Haryana High Court -Saurabh Malik
-The Tribune Chandigarh: Amid the agitation over the contentious Farm laws when the Punjab Government is projecting itself as the champion of farmers’ rights, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the “mighty state was required to be sensitive” towards the rights of poor farmers. The admonition came after the state was caught sitting over the land of farmers for the last 23 years “without paying a penny as compensation”. Rapping...
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