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‘Centre, State government have failed to address farmers’ woes’ Updated: Updated: Kodihalli Chandrashekhar says farmers are being cheated in the name of MSP Share Article Kodihalli Chandrashekhar says farmers are being cheated in the name of MSP Referring to the State budget presented by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and the recently-amended laws from the Union and State government, farmers’ leader Kodihalli Chandrashekhar said that the Union and State governments had failed to addre...

Since November 2020, thousands of farmers have been protesting against three farm laws passed by the Indian parliament in September. The large-scale protests have drawn...

An Agenda For Agricultural Reforms Point of View provides a 360-degree perspective on crucial farm issues. Barun Mitra here outlines key issues on the political deadlock over farm laws Barun Mitra Mar 09, 2021 Indian agriculture is the largest private sector in the country; yet it is the most regulated, restricted, and prohibited sector of the economy today. Despite such a handicap, Indian farmers have performed a near-miracle in transforming a situation of food scarcity to one o...

Women Not So Invisible In Farm Law Protests Women farmers take valuable tips from women’s day march to reach out to a wider audience at home PTI outlookindia.com 2021-03-09T19:58:58+05:30 Also read A day after celebrating Women’s Day at farmers’ protest sites, most of the ladies are back – or on way – home to attend to household and agricultural chores. But for many of them, it was a hands-on experience and learning which they intend to share with others in villages or a...

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Farmers Agitation Ripples Outward to WTO: Experts Many states have challenged subsidies to the Indian peasantry Even as the stalemate continues between the Indian government and agitating farmers across the country, the ongoing movement has carried some important messages at the global level. Experts think the agitation has helped India at the World Trade Organization headquartered in Geneva, where it is now accepted that the Indian farmer is resource poor. This assumes importance as many stat...

AIFMP condemns hike in paper prices, seeks intervention Apart from Covid related challenges, the printing industry is facing the twin blow of continuous price hikes in paper, plates, chemicals, ink and other raw material and substantial rise in input cost. The All-India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) has condemned the sharp rise in the prices of raw material, especially paper, plates and chemical, etc. In a recent release, the organisation said, t...

Why We Should Be Paying Attention to the Farmers’ Protests in India For more than eighty days, Indian protesters have demonstrated against a set of laws that would corporatize the country’s agriculture—and leave most farmers destitute. Kaale krisi kanun wapas lo,” or “Take back the black farm laws.”  “How could I follow social distancing when the new farm laws will kill us anyway?” asks Anjana, sixty-five, in a frail voice.   “How could I fo...

Wayanad MP says they will hand over agri business to a few corporates

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