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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

22 Organisations protest against imposition of Section 144 in Sangrur

A most unwarranted ban on democratic protests was imposed...

UP: Farmers Accuse Govt of Betrayal Over Poll Promises, Will Soon Launch a Movement

UP Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma made it clear in the state Assembly that the government will not provide free electricity to the farmers, going against BJP's poll promises during the Assembly elections this year.

Why Punjab Farmers are Protesting Against Bhagwant Mann Government

It’s a two-front battle for Punjab’s farmers, against the Centre and the state’s Aam Aadmi Party government. Both have made promises to farmers that they have still not kept.

Lakhimpur Kheri case: Supreme Court issues notice to UP government on Ashish Mishra’s bail plea

Matter to be heard on September 26; high court had previously dubbed the killings as "cruel and inhuman"

Andhra Pradesh: Farmers Losing Fertile Lands for a Pittance

Fertile lands have been acquired by the state government to construct a national highway project running between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

West Bengal: Awareness of Rights Under FRA Brings Tribal, Forest Communities Closer

There's growing political consciousness, thanks to campaigns and marches in over 12 districts led by the newly formed Banadhikar O Prakriti Bachao Adivasi Mahasabha.

At Delhi Seminar, SKM Leaders Call for Next Phase of Farmers’ Movement

Recalling various anecdotes during the year-long farmers’ protest against the repealed farm laws, the leaders spoke of the unmet demands and called for more united struggles.

Farmers reach Jantar Mantar as Delhi borders witness massive jams

Each person and every vehicle is being checked throughly at the Singhu border.

Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking

Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister

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