Farm and Forest

A test for the Forest Rights Act in Assam

Eviction notices issued to four Taungya villages in Nagaon district have reignited questions about historical injustice, forest governance and the state's obligation to recognise forest rights before displacement

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.

Harvest  2020:  Lessons farmers of India taught the world

India’s farmer protests of 2020 will go down in world history as one of the largest resistance movements of modern times

Hearts full of scepticism, farmers agree for talks with Centre on Dec 30

Wondering whether the central government will be as open-minded as they are trying to project, farmers formally accept the government's offer to talk on December 30.

Bihar govt repression continues: 10,000 farmers lathi charged in Patna.

Deprived of APMCs years ago, Bihar farmers decry the anti-farmer laws of the Centre and demand the restart of local markets only to suffer lathi-charge by state police.

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A test for the Forest Rights Act in Assam

Eviction notices issued to four Taungya villages in Nagaon district have reignited questions about historical injustice, forest governance and the state's obligation to recognise forest rights before displacement