Farm and Forest

Supreme Court examines Forest Rights Act 2006 versus Conservation Law, makes national headlines

The rights of Adivasis and forest dwellers are, once again under threat as India's highest court considers the impact of Parliament’s wide-sweeping changes to the Forest Conservation Law (2023)

India’s youth to honour the farmers’ protest on March 23

Agitations in other parts of the country grow stronger as padyatras and mahapanchayats continue to spread the message of agitating farmers

Farmers may lose nearly Rs. 5,000 crore this season: MSP Loot Calculator

Farmer leaders state that the data exposes all misunderstandings regarding MSP assurances to farmers, even wheat-growing farmers

Farmers condemn parliamentary committee’s recommendation to implement ECAA 2020

Farmer leaders condemned political parties for claiming to support farmers while voting in favour of the implementation of the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020

Farmers denounce new FCI guidelines, protests held at govt mandis

Various farmer initiatives such as mahapanchayats and pad yatras continue all over the country promising to attract more and more people for Bharat Bandh on March 26.

Maize farmers lost 71 crore in last 15 days: MSP Loot Calculator

As per Thursday’s announcement, farmers showcased the disparity between maize’s market price and MSP.

Navreet Singh’s death: Delhi HC orders a medical board to examine medical reports

The young deceased farmer’s grandfather has approached the court alleging that Navreet was shot dead by the Delhi Police

Farmers reject new FCI proposals for procurement norms

Muzara Lehar Shahadat Diwas celebrated by rejecting move to seek land-records to set up DBT of procured grain prices, when most cultivators did not own the land

Farmers introduce MSP Loot Calculator; PM’s MSP claims busted?

Farmer leaders declared that India’s gram farmers may stand to lose Rs. 870 crore by the end of the gram sale, if the central government does not make their MSP assurances a reality

Gujarat farmers resolve to support struggle for agrarian rights despite state repression

Farmers organisation AIKS held a meeting on Tuesday to plan future activities to support the national agitation by the Indian peasantry

SKM finalises Bharat Bandh on March 26; progessive associations to join 

Farmer leaders also condemned the government decision to continue with the Electricity Bill, in stark contrast to the promises made to farmers during meetings with central government officials.

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

From Campaign Trail to Communal Provocation: CJP files complaint against Bandi Sanjay Kumar for divisive campaigning in Hyderabad by-election

Mocking Islamic practices and appealing to Hindu identity for votes, CJP’s complaint says that the BJP leader’s remarks violate the Model Code of Conduct, the Representation of the People Act, and the spirit of India’s secular Constitution

Say No to ‘Toxic Governance’: Arrest air pollution, not activists and protesters: NACEJ

The Delhi NCR Pollution crisis needs firm, well-implemented policy shifts and institutional action against prime causes of pollution, not citizens: Restore Fundamental Right to Breathe, says a nationwide alliance dedicated to the battle for a cleaner environment and against climate change.

A Conspiracy of Hate: The Aligarh temple graffiti incident

Aligarh Police exposed that the “I Love Muhammad” graffiti on temple walls—first blamed on local Muslims—was a staged act of revenge over a land dispute, emerging amid state-wide crackdowns and communal tension, the case laid bare how personal vendettas can be weaponised to inflame religion and hatred

Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials

The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence

‘Faith Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai’s Christians rise against Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion bill

Peaceful Sunday protests across 35 parishes led by the Bombay Catholic Sabha warned that the so-called ‘Freedom of Religion’ Bill threatens Article 25 rights, risks criminalising compassion, and could become a political tool to harass minority communities