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Ravi Kaushal
Small, Marginal Farmers Worst hit by Heatwave, Farm Unions Demand Rs 500 Bonus/Quintal for Wheat
19 May 2022
Extreme heatwaves have led to major crop losses in wheat producing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
V Sridhar
India’s Wheat Fiasco!
18 May 2022
Modi regime’s flip-flop on wheat exports reveals the utter lack of communication within the Government. The stubborn unwillingness to ensure better prices for farmers has resulted in the failure of…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Maize Farmers Hoping to get Good Returns This Summer
13 May 2022
Unlike the last two years, maize farmers are getting returns of Rs 2,100-2,200/quintal on their produce. They hope to cover the losses incurred during the pandemic.
Kushal Choudhary, Govind Sharma
Bihar: Climate Change Aggravates Agrarian Crisis For Small, Marginal Farmers
30 Apr 2022
Near the Gaya International Airport, a village called Rehua has people mainly working as agricultural workers, owning small amounts of land and managing their income by engaging in other form
Subodh Varma
Why is India going on a General Strike on March 28-29?
27 Mar 2022
Workers and farmers are demanding relief from economic distress – and also a complete change in the economic policy of the Modi government.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: In Tikunia Mahapanchayat and Poorvanchal, Farmers Threaten to Relaunch Stir
22 Mar 2022
SKM has called upon farmers to launch a massive movement between April 11-17 for MSP guarantee, while BKU (Chaduni) will protest on May 12 in Tikunia.
Ravi Kaushal
SKM to Launch Nationwide Movement on MSP on March 21
14 Mar 2022
In its meeting today, SKM also announced week-long protests across the country from April 11-17 to mobilise farmers on the issue of threats being received by eye-witnesses in the Lakhimpur Kheri…
Newsclick Report
Kerala Budget 2022: From Knowledge Society to Knowledge Economy
12 Mar 2022
The budget gave a special focus for boosting the knowledge economy, envisaging four science parks, four IT corridors along the south-north national highway, 20 micro-IT parks and skill parks in every…
Tarique Anwar
UP Elections: BJP’s Bastion Pilibhit Set to Vote on Issues, Not on Caste and Communal Lines
22 Feb 2022
Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Has farmers' income doubled as promised? Was justice done to the peasants for the "massacre" in Lakhimpur Kheri?
Ravi Kaushal
Punjab Elections: Even After Historic Struggle, No Poll Campaign on Farmers’ Issues
19 Feb 2022
Parties across the spectrum are silent on the deep agrarian crisis afflicting Punjab. We speak with experts to understand the underlying causes of this apathy of mainstream political parties.