-Hindustan Times Supporters of the three farm Laws have been arguing that the new regime will help farmers receive better prices by selling products in the open market rather than the APMCs. SAS data does not support such a claim That Indian agriculture has been distress-ridden is an accepted fact in post-reform India. However, this is often discussed more in terms of farmers’ suicides, especially during the last decade, or abysmally low...
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No resistance or debate on Laws that want accused to prove innocence, not the state the guilt -Aakar Patel
-National Herald Gujarat Police failed to prove that a man served beef to his guests, because food had already been consumed. Yet, a Gujarat court sent him to jail because he couldn't prove that he hadn't served beef India follows the Common Law system introduced to it by Great Britain. However, it has introduced innovations as an independent nation, and one of these is to reverse burden of proof. In several criminal...
More »SKM-called Bharat Bandh today to mark one year of 3 farm Laws
-Hindustan Times In the states ruled by the BJP, elaborate security arrangements have been made to prevent farmer bodies and opposition parties to disrupt normal life. Additional security forces have been deployed in all districts in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Bihar. The 10-hour Bharat Bandh on Monday may disrupt road and rail traffic in states ruled by opposition parties as they are supporting the call for a general strike...
More »Post-COVID, Female-Headed Households Are Left to Battle Paperwork and a Sexist System -Tarushi Aswani
-TheWire.in Women who have found themselves in charge of a family after the sudden deaths of family members find rules, regulations and Laws making mockery of their situation. New Delhi: “He died months ago but the government reminds us of our loss everyday,” says Dipanwita Das, who lost her husband on April 25, 2021, at the height of the second wave of COVID-19. Das admitted her husband to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital as...
More »The state of agriculture in India is only going from bad to worse -Himanshu
-Livemint.com * The latest Situation Assessment Survey adds to findings that reveal worsening agrarian distress * Our agricultural sector has been in a state of perpetual decline after 2012-13 and is reeling under such shocks as back-to-back droughts, demonetization and the covid-19 pandemic Earlier this month, the National Statistical Office released the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of agricultural households for the 2018-19 agricultural year, which runs from July to June. This is the...
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