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Dr. Sukhbilas Barma
Marketing of Agricultural Produce and Role of MSP
18 Dec 2021
In the early 2000s, the Indian government followed market intervention policy by fixing MSP to extend protection to the farmers. The MSP became the major component of the price policy envisaged by…
Ajaz Ashraf
MSP is Insurance Against Anarchy in Future: Economist Sukhpal Singh
25 Nov 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hope that his promise to repeal the three new farm laws will have the protesting farmers to promptly fold their t
Tarique Anwar
Changes One Year of Agitation Has Brought in Farmers’ Life
22 Nov 2021
Earlier accepted as an inevitability, farmers in UP are now explaining the root cause of the agrarian crisis -- crop failures and mounting debts -- through the purported intention of successive…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Govt Agencies Procure Least Amount of Produce From Farmers: NSO Survey
14 Sep 2021
A survey by the government agency shows that most farmers across the country end up selling their produce in local markets.
Amey Tirodkar
AIKS Says Maharashtra Govt's Farm Bills Similar to Central Laws with 'Minor Changes'
10 Jul 2021
The Maharashtra government has tabled its farm bills in the assembly and opened them to discussions. The AIKS has gone through the bills and come up with critiques of all major points as explained by…
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra’s Small Farmers Land in Major Financial Crisis Due to Lockdown
01 Jun 2021
Small scale vegetable and fruit growing farmers are facing financial losses for the second year in a row.
Ravi Kaushal
What the Dhand Anaj Mandi Tells us about Farm Laws and their Implications
23 Apr 2021
'What will happen when silos, as mammoth as the current ones with a capacity of two lakh metric tonnes, pop up in different locations across the state?'
Ravi Kaushal
Farmers Give Bharat Bandh Call on March 26, Slam FCI’s Orders on Procurement
17 Mar 2021
March 26 will mark four months since farmers began camping at Delhi’s borders against the contentious Farm Laws brought in by the Modi government.
Mewat Mahapanchayat: ‘Corporates Have Chosen to Trade Our Hunger Now’
15 Mar 2021
Fractured after a mob-lynching incident in 2019, the Muslim-dominated region in Haryana is once again seeing the coming together of communities to oppose the farm laws.
Ravi Kaushal
Protest Sites at Delhi’s Borders See Farmers, Workers Unite to Fight Farm Laws
27 Feb 2021
On Saturday, protesters observed Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Diwas called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on the birthday of social reformer Ravidas and martyrdom of legendary freedom fighter Chandrashekhar…