KEY TRENDS • Oxfam India's 2023 India Supplement report on poverty and inequality in India reveals that the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. Following the pandemic in 2019, the bottom 50 per cent of the population have continued to see their wealth chipped away. By 2020, their income share was estimated to have fallen to only 13 per cent of the national income and have less than 3...
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Trains, Road Traffic Affected As Farmers Protest In Punjab, Haryana
-PTI/ NDTV.com In Punjab, the Ferozepur division of Indian Railways had to cancel or reschedule several trains because of the four-hour agitation. As a result, scores of passengers were forced to wait at various railway stations for hours. Chandigarh: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and blocked roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha's nationwide protest against the centre "reneging on its promises"...
More »75% Kisan Rails operated in Maharashtra -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line Railways has operated approximately 1,642 Kisan Rail services out of which 1,239 services are operated in Maharashtra Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on August 7, 2020 flagged off the country’s first Kisan Rail train from Deolali in Nashik (Maharashtra) to Danapur in Bihar. Since then farmers of Maharashtra have reaped maximum benefits of the rail services. The Indian Railways has operated approximately 1,642...
More »Six Major Phases That Defined the Farmers’ Movement in India -Vivek Gupta
-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...
More »Dismiss Union Minister Ajay Mishra: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
-The Tribune ‘Rail roko’ on Oct 18, mahapanchayat Oct 26 Terming the Lakhimpur Kheri incident a “pre-planned conspiracy” against farmers, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) today demanded the dismissal and arrest of Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra Teni. “The BJP wants to force farmers to resort to violence, but we will continue to use non-violent methods,” Kisan Morcha leaders said. Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav said unless Ajay Mishra was dismissed from the Cabinet...
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