updated: Dec 21 2020, 01:13 ist
The standoff between the Union government and the farmers has reached an intense phase. Both sides are firmly sticking to their stand with regard to the claims and demands. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again reiterated the government’s stand on the farm laws.
One of the main arguments of the government is that the enacted laws allow the entry of more private players in the agriculture market and that this will increase competition among the buyers of farming produce which in turn increase the demand for the same. This incremental rise in the demand for agricultural produce enhances the relative bargaining capacity of the farmers in assuring better remunerative prices to increase the net income of the farmers.
Lack of Policy Focus on Internal Migration in India Comes at Heavy Cost: Report
The report Road Map for Developing a Policy Framework for the Inclusion of Internal Migrant Workers in India has been jointly published by the International Labour Organisation and Indian research institutes.
Gurugram: Migrants head to board buses at Tau Devi Lal Stadium to reach the railway station for catching a Shramik Special train to the Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Gurugram, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Photo: PTI
Rights18/Dec/2020
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the pandemic, a report jointly published by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Aajeevika Bureau, and the Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development has noted that there is an urgent need to develop an inclusive policy framework to mitigate the vulnerabilities faced by internal migrants in India.
Centre s new farm laws are bold steps that can bring about structural change in Indian agriculture The present system of agricultural procurement has outlived its utility, is inequitable, and lacks dynamism Manas Chakravarty December 16, 2020 15:53:47 IST Representational image. Reuters
The problem with Indian agriculture, put succinctly, is simply this: it is, for most farmers, an unviable business. A National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report that mapped the income, expenditure and indebtedness of agricultural households in India in 2013 found that farmers with holdings of a hectare or less were able to get only half their total net income from farming and they had to supplement their income by wage labour, animal husbandry and other non-farm work to keep body and soul together. Even then, their total income from all sources, including net receipts from
Why Are Most Assam Farmers Not Protesting Against the Farm Laws?
With most farming land held by only 20% of its cultivators in Assam, there is a perception that agriculture is unimportant. However, the new farm laws are equally detrimental to small and marginal farmers in the state.
Police stand guard near a barricade as farmers protest at Singhu border during their Delhi Chalo march against the Centre s farm reform laws, in New Delhi, November 29, 2020. Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav
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With more than 70% of Assamâs population directly or indirectly dependent for their livelihood on the agricultural sector, it is surprising that the state has only seen sporadic protests against the farm laws passed by the Central government, at a time when farmers from Punjab and Haryana are marching to the Delhi demanding the repeal of the Acts.