-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...
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‘Neither a politician, nor a terrorist’: Agricultural scientist writes to PM after refusing award -Raakhi Jagga
-The Indian Express Dr. Varinderpal Singh, Principal Soil Chemist at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, went up on the dais at an event organised by the Fertilizers Association of India in the Capital on Monday, but refused to receive the award from the Union minister for chemicals and fertilizers. Ludhiana: In more symbolic support to the farmers’ protest on the fringes of Delhi, a senior agricultural scientist refused to accept an award...
More »Indian newspaper reporter burned alive after exposing corruption -RSF
-Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that a newspaper reporter was burned alive in his home in a village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state after covering alleged local corruption and after telling the local authorities he was being threatened. All those involved in the murder must be brought to justice, RSF said. “This is the price for reporting the truth” Rakesh Singh said on his death...
More »Why farm politics doesn't win elections in India -Sanjay Kumar
-Livemint.com India has seen several large farmer-led movements. Yet, farm issues have rarely dominated national election campaigns, as Indian farmers remain divided by caste, geography, and class More than thirty years after hundreds of thousands of farmers led by Mahendra Singh Tikait brought Delhi to its knees, a new farm agitation has once again shaken Delhi. A government worried that it might be seen as ‘anti-farmer’ has agreed to reconsider the recent...
More »MSP recorded sharper climb under UPA rule, data contradict Modi government -Kumar Vikram
-The New Indian Express Between 2006-07 and 2013-14, when the UPA was in power, there was a 90 to 205% rise in the minimum support price (MSP) of major crops, including paddy, wheat, arhar, gram, maize and masoor. NEW DELHI: After the fifth round of talks with agitating farmers, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday claimed that the current government has done more for farmers when it comes to minimum...
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