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Sumedha Pal
‘We Aren’t Middlemen, Govt Using Farm Laws to Erase Us’: Punjab’s Arthiyas
23 Feb 2021
Arthiyas or commissioning agents play an indispensable role in the agricultural economy and they fear the government wants to replace them with private businesses through the laws.
Sumedha Pal
Jan 26 Violence: Families Struggle for Legal Recourse in Absence of FIRs, Arrests Continue
13 Feb 2021
This week, Delhi HC had ordered the release FIR copies but these haven’t yet been made available to the families, whose lawyers say fundamental rights of the accused are being violated. They also…
Sumedha Pal
MP: Tribals in Burhanpur Launch Agitation Against Alleged Assault on Farmer
04 Dec 2020
Tribals walked for over a 100 km in protest against the forest department. They alleged that a farmer, Gyarsi Lal Awaye, a resident of Lingi, was thrashed badly, without any stated reason.
Sumedha Pal
Public Hearings on Zoom App: Farmers’ Rights Trampled Down
25 Aug 2020
While the NGT has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to conduct public hearings in compliance with the norms, farmers’ rights stand to be compromised.
Sumedha Pal
COVID-19: Odisha’s Betel Farmers Stare at Losses Worth Rs 10,000 Crore as Stocks Rot
20 Apr 2020
The particularly vulnerable tribes in Odisha that cultivate the crop are demanding that the government announces relief for them.
Sumedha Pal
COVID-19: ‘Crops Destroyed, are Forced to Starve,’ say Madhya Pradesh Farmers
10 Apr 2020
The farmers are staring at a crisis as harvest from the Rabi season remains unsold and relief measures from the state do not add up.
Sumedha Pal
Thousands of Sugarcane Farmers Launch Agitation Against Haryana Govt over Non-payment of Dues
28 Aug 2019
The farmers are currently protesting by standing in the overflowing Begna river to demand attention of the government.
Sumedha Pal
Thousands of Farmers Take to Streets in Gujarat, Call Modi’s Crop Insurance Scheme Biggest Scam
15 Apr 2019
The problem has been particularly acute in Saurashtra and the North Gujarat region, which is currently witnessing a severe drought.