-The Telegraph The agrarian laws might have been repealed but are we any wiser about what it was that the farmers were so against, what reforms they could do with instead of the ones thrust upon them? Even in retreat over the farm laws, the Modi government adopted the same top-down approach it employed while bringing them in in May 2020. Pleasantly surprised as they were by the Prime Minister’s unexpected announcement,...

-PTI/ NDTV.com Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who was a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, said their aim is to "purify" politics and bring good people forward. Chandigarh: Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party to contest the Punjab Assembly polls next year and batted for opium farming in the state. The farmer leader told reporters in Chandigarh that their aim is to "purify" politics and bring...

-TheWire.in In the face of a surplus of cereals and ever-dwindling prices as a consequence, farmers with small and medium sized land holdings have tried to shift to the cultivation of perishable fruits and vegetables. Their incomes, however, are still hamstrung by a lack of rural cold storage facilities in the country. The farmers of India have won an epic victory. For 15 months, they braved the biting cold, cruel heat, misrepresentation,...

-TheWire.in From SAD breaking off its alliance with the BJP to the Republic Day violence, the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the Singhu border killings, the movement successfully forced the Modi government to repeal the laws. Chandigarh: While there were several ups and downs during the year-long farmers’ protests, there were six major phases that defined the movement and kept it alive. In June 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

-TheWire.in The family of Navreet Singh had claimed that he had died in police firing and rejected the claim that his tractor had overturned on January 26. New Delhi: The Union government on Friday, December 10, said “no farmer died due to police action” during the year-long protests against the farm laws. The movement at Delhi borders was suspended by the umbrella body of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday, after the...