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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

Western UP: Are Jat farmers losing faith in the BJP?

Western UP farmers demand attention to real issues like a legal guarantee of MSP, and reforms that empower the tillers instead of large corporates

Reject Zero Budget Natural Farming: AIKMS

AIKMS says ZBNF farming will negatively affect small farmers at a time when fertiliser prices are high and in the absence of any fiscal support from the government to finance the projects

Lakhimpur Kheri case: Ashish Mishra gets bail!

On the same day that UP elections begin, the Allahabad High Court announces bail for the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre

Punish BJP! SKM’s resolve for Mission UP

Farmers to discourage public from voting for BJP in UP and Uttarakhand

Budget 2022 ignores struggling farming sector

Shocked by the glaring lacunae in the Budget2022, farmers list all shortcomings of the government in the sector so far

Farmers protest resume on Vishwasghat Diwas

Following an overwhelming response on Monday, SKM resolved to resume protests with fresh plans for Mission Uttar Pradesh

Farmers still facing charges from last Republic Day parade

Farmers charged for rioting last year on Republic Day still await for the Centre’s direction to dismiss FIRs

Sign the RODA Act and curb farmer suicides: SKM to Rajasthan Governor

State's farmers have been waiting for over a year for the legal protection against loss of land

Lakhimpur Kheri killings: SIT files chargesheet against farmers!

Despite promises to SKM, legal action against farmers continue

SKM demands Centre come through on its promises

With hardly any FIRs withdrawn in Haryana, the SKM returns with pertinent questions about the delay in Centre’s own assurances; calls for protests on January 31

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