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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
Haryana: Farmers condemn police lathi-charge on peaceful protesters
Farmer leaders stated that such attacks on peacefully protesting farmers will only intensify the struggle
Provide adequate budget to FCI! Protect the hungry! Demand India’s farmers
Farmers across India prepare a memorandum listing all demands concerning the FCI to ensure rights of farmers and other Indian citizens.
Farmers’ struggle, a battle against a single party’s communal thoughts: Punjab SKM leaders
Farmer leaders condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the biggest liar, who will steadily lose respect across the world.
Protection of FCIs, a matter of food growers’ future: AIKMS
Farmers and workers warned that the new changes in FCI rules along with the three farm laws will further adversely impact India’s hunger situation.
Vandals attack Rakesh Tikait’s convoy in Alwar, Rajasthan
The farmer leader was attending kisan panchayats in the state on Friday afternoon when the incident took place
Terrified by MSP Loot Calculator, the Centre is speaking half-truths: JKA
Responding to government claims of higher paddy procurement in 2021, farmers said that a majority of rice-growers still cannot avail MSP benefits
Farmers to commemorate Samvidhan Bachao Diwas on Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary
Farmers' groups plan a Parliament march in May with participation from peasants across the country
TN: Over 20,000 peasants gather for mahapanchayat at Kanyakumari
Participants from the fisher community also hoisted black flags on their boats as a show of dissent
Farm laws: SC appointed committee submits report
The three agricultural laws passed last year were stayed by the Supreme Court on January 12
Assam’s rice farmers express fears concerning government’s free rice scheme
While farmers encourage the pro-poor initiatives taken up by the government, many have raised concern about the falling prices in rice owing to import of crop from other states
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