Farm and Forest

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

Former Minister calls Centre’s three agri laws “draconian”, demands repeal

Acknowledging the severe distress of peasants, former Minister Rao asked the Centre to repeal the three laws and criticised the government for “misleading” the masses.

Farmers ask Centre: Do you stand with corporates or farmers?

Prior to the January 4 meeting, farmers warn the central government that withdrawal of the three farm laws is the only option to end the farmers’ struggle.

Re-Plug: 28 protests in 22 days! Kranti ka Naqsha (Mapping the Revolution) brings the latest updates

Mere days after the map was first introduced by SabrangIndia, farmers engaged in more versatile dharnas (sit-ins) to condemn the three laws passed by the government

Karnataka: Youth groups visit villages to spread awareness about anti-farmer laws

Visiting villages from morning till night, three youth groups spread out across the state to warn local farmers against the three laws of the Centre

Farmers to ride tractors to march on Republic Day to protest farm laws

During a press conference on January 2, farmers leaders announced a plan to march into Delhi following the Republic Day parade if farmers’ demands are not met

Farmers chart out January protest plans with a tractor march, Mahila Kisan Diwas and more!

Heartened by people’s continued support for the past month, farmers thank supporters and resolve to intensify struggles for 2021.

Centre blinks, agrees to two of the four farmers’ agenda points

The Union government has accepted two of the demands of farmers and asked the leaders to come up with alternatives to the repeal of the three farm laws of the Centre.

From the South to the Northeast, workers support farmers

On the call of the CITU, the workers display Mazdoor-Kisaan solidarity

Exclusive: G. T. Ramaswamy dismantles government’s claims about South Indian farmers

KRRS VP sheds light on the farmers movement in Karnataka, the impact of the three farm laws on state farmers and the heinous lies of the Modi-regime

CITU calls for farmers’ protests in over 1 lakh locations in India

Workers Unions decide to end 2020 with a final show of solidarity as they declare mass protests across India with a jail bharo andolan planned for January 8, 2021.

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