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8835 1 Protest on wheels: The use of the tractor as a symbol of farm discontent is a throwback to the 1979 Tractorcade in the US. PTI Devinder Sharma Food & Agriculture Specialist On a cold winter morning, hundreds of tractors had rolled down the streets of Washington DC. This was on February 5, 1979, when more than 900 tractors (some estimates say more than 1,500) had descended on the American capital to protest against policies which depressed farm prices, resulting in declining income, and ...

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Can one nation, one MSP improve economic condition of farmers? ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Jan 29 2021 20:42 IST | ​ 0 Views Farmer. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 29 : Can the one nation, one MSP system help improve the economic condition of farmers across the country? The issue has gained importance as different farmers unions protesting on the borders of Delhi for more than two months are demanding a law to guarantee MSP for various crops. Agricultu...

Press Release - Kisan Sansad | Jan 25, 2021 Press Release - Kisan Sansad | Jan 25, 2021 Friday 29 January 2021 Press Release - Kisan Sansad The Kisan Sansad, which was held on 23rd and 24th of January, 2021 at the Guru Teg Bahadur Memorial at Singhu, Delhi, had a wide variety of participants from different stakeholders in the agri-policy space. Numerous political representatives from across the spectrum, including very senior people such as H. D. Deve Gowda (former Prime Minister of India), So...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A sea of tens of thousands of farmers riding tractors and horses stormed India’s historic Red Fort this week — a dramatic escalation of their protests, which are posing a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modis government. The AP explains what is at the heart of two months of demonstrations and what it means for Modis government. WHO IS PROTESTING? Most of the protesters are farmers from northern Punjab and Haryana states, the two biggest agricultural producers....

EXPLAINER: Why Indias farmers are revolting against PM Modi Sheikh Saaliq Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, farmers participate in a tractor protest rally towards the capital during Indias Republic Day in New Delhi, India. A sea of tens of thousands of farmers riding tractors and horses stormed Indias historic Red Fort on Jan. 26, a dramatic escalation of their protests, which are posing a major challenge to Prim...

Tens of thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors into the Indian capital as the nation celebrated Republic Day in the backdrop of agricultural protests.

India: Angry farmers storm New Delhis Red Fort in challenge to Modi government 26 Jan, 2021 07:42 PM 5 minutes to read Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched to Indias capital city New Delhi to challenge the Farm union changes affecting the poor. Photo / AP AP Tens of thousands of farmers marched, rode horses and drove tractors into Indias capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort — a deeply symbolic act that revealed the scale of their cha...

Published Tuesday, January 26, 2021 6:12AM EST NEW DELHI -- Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into Indias capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. They waved farm union flags from the ramparts of the fort, where prime ministers annually hoist the national flag to mark the countrys independence. Thousands more farmers marched on foot or ro...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into Indias capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. They waved farm union and religious flags from the ramparts of the fort, where prime ministers annually hoist the national flag to mark the countrys independence. The deeply symbolic act of taking over the monument, which was built in the 17th century...