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Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra to Have Statewide Agitation Against Farm and Labour Bills
23 Sep 2020
From trade unions to farmers organisations as well as political parties in the state government have extended support to the all India protest call on September 25.
Prabudh Singh
Farmers vs Capitalism: The Neoliberal Mercenaries of Caste Politics
21 Sep 2020
When 82% of farmers are small and marginal (including a large dalit and adivasi population), what good is “total collapse” of agricultural sector (as hailed by writer Suraj Yengde) going to serve…
Ronak Chhabra
Farm Bills: Marginal Farmers will be Further Alienated, Says Yogendra Yadav
14 Sep 2020
Farmers have continued with the protests which coincided with the first day of monsoon session of Parliament, where the three farm bills were introduced.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Karnataka’s APMC Traders To Indefinitely Shut Markets From July 27
24 Jul 2020
Farmers unions and Hamali workers in APMC markets have been demanding that the state government repeals its ordinance that changed the APMC Act.
New Ordinance Will Remove Social Control on Agriculture, Say Karnataka Farmers
22 May 2020
The farmers’ organisations and Opposition in the state are protesting against the state government’s ordinance amending the APMC Act which will allow private players to open markets.
Amey Tirodkar
COVID-19 Lockdown: Supply Chain Obstructed, Shortage of Items in Local Shops of Maharashtra
13 Apr 2020
The reports from many cities say that many items are unavailable in shops and people are forced to look for them at multiple locations, which is defying the purpose of the lockdown.
Malvika Singh
Himachal HC Issues Strict Order in Case of Middlemen Fleecing Apple Farmers
13 Jun 2019
Orders Rs 60,40,000 solvent security to be paid within four weeks; Crores still pending
P.G. Ambedkar
Contract Farming: Whose Interest Does it Serve?
06 Nov 2017
In the hurry to push for contract farming in the country, are we going to further displace the farmers and push them to destitute?