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State-Corporatist Alliance and Farmers’ Unrest in India The ongoing Indian farmers’ protest in reaction to corporatisation of agricultural land and access to Mandis (open markets) demands an urgent legal reexamination of its impact on agrarian labour and small-scale farmers. These changes to market floor prices of farm products in India have been put in place as a product of a state-corporatist alliance under the Modi government. These signal a rolling out of corporatisation and bureaucratisation of Indian agriculture. In the absence of any agricultural and industrial labour alliance, In...

Farmers block tracks in Haryana Updated: Updated: Women participate in large numbers in the ‘rail roko’ programme at two places Share Article Women participate in large numbers in the ‘rail roko’ programme at two places Agitating farmers supported by khaps laid blockade at 44 points across Haryana on Thursday as part of Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s “rail roko” programme, seeking the repeal of the three farm laws and legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price. The women also participated in the protest in large numbers at Rohtak and Charkhi Dadri. Of the 16 police stations of the G...

Updated Feb 13, 2021 · 09:25 pm A file photo of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. | Manohar Lal/YouTube As thousands of farmers press on with their agitation, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Khattar on Saturday announced that his government will introduce a law for recovery of losses due to damage to public property during demonstrations, reported ANI. The chief minister made the comments after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during which they discussed the farmer protests. “We discussed the farmers’ protest among other issues,” Khatt...

CITU Haryana unit to gherao eight Ministers Updated: Updated: Move is part of union’s nationwide campaign supporting farmers’ agitation Share Article Move is part of union’s nationwide campaign supporting farmers’ agitation The Haryana unit of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) will gherao eight Ministers, including Chief Minister Manohar Lal, over the next week to express solidarity with the farmers seeking repeal of the farm laws. It is part of CITU’s nationwide campaign supporting the farmers’ agitation. On February 14 Giving details, CITU Haryana vice-president Satvir Sing...

India's small farmers worry reforms will threaten livelihoods By (0) Farmers attend a protest at the Delhi Ghazipur Border near New Delhi, India,  on Thursday. Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA-EFE Feb. 2 (UPI) -- India's farmers have been protesting since the autumn, with a growing intensity that culminated in a violent breaching of barriers in the Red Fort in Delhi during India's Republic Day celebrations on Jan. 26. The protests were spurred by the passing of a set of agricultural reform bills in parliament in September that aimed to fundamentally transform the way in which farm produce is mark...