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Pragya Singh
Ground Zero: Farmers’ Protest is about Corporate Takeover of Rural India, Not Just MSP
01 Dec 2020
Stigmatised but not cowed down, farmers, like a series of protesters before them, are trying to strengthen the very idea of democratic opposition.
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MSP, Debt Crisis: Why Farmers in Western UP Are Protesting Against Farm Laws
30 Nov 2020
With the latest farm laws advising contract farming, the farmers believe that it would altogether deprive them from their most prized possession, land.
Subodh Varma
Silence Please! Modi Government is Very Busy!
29 Nov 2020
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the various BJP-led state governments are super busy, as always.
Neelambaran A
TN Private Sugar Mill Workers Awaiting Wages Since February
24 Nov 2020
Ahead of the November 26 strike, anger is simmering as cane growers have alleged mismanagement as they have also not been paid dues.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: Cotton and Paddy Farmers Protest over MSP, Procurement Process
13 Nov 2020
Telangana Rythu Sangham and other farmer organizations have called for a series of protest demonstrations from November 16 and a grameena bandh.
PTI
Odisha Farmers Hold Rally, to Intensify Protest Against New Farm Laws
31 Oct 2020
Ahead of paddy procurement in November, the farmers want the state government to ensure minimum support price for their produce.
Subodh Varma
Bihar Shows What Happens if Agri-Trade is Left to ‘Free Market’
18 Oct 2020
What the Narendra Modi government recently did through passing laws to deregulate agricultural trade, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had accomplished 14 years ago, in 2006.
Newsclick Team
If You’re a Patriot, Then Hear Out Farmers, Too
02 Oct 2020
PM Modi says farmers have been crushed by the APMC system, which is dominated by arthiyas and middlemen.
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Govt Pushing Farmers Towards Uncertain Life and Livelihood: Right to Food Campaign
27 Sep 2020
The Campaign has asked the government to increase the MSP to 150% of cost and develop mandis at every block level under the decentralised procurement system.
Neelambaran A
TN this Week: Massive Farmer Protests, State Mourns SPB’s Passing Due to COVID-19
26 Sep 2020
The state’s politics is in flux with assembly elections approaching. Its political parties have demanded that the Centre scraps the Cultural Committee.