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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
Farmers call the peasant struggle a national patriotic movement
Despite government attempts to trivialise the farmers’ struggle, peasants continue to gather more and more supporters as days go by
AIUFWP writes to the President of India over Farmer protests
In an appeal to the President, they have prayed for the repeal of the three farm laws in the interest of the agriculturists and the forest dwellers
Farmers are being misled about agriculture reforms: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a speech in Gujarat, even as farmers continue peaceful agitation on Delhi-Haryana-Uttar Pradesh borders
Farmers catch trouble mongering infiltrator at protest site, hand him over to police
Identified as a ‘BJP neta’, he was trying to raise 'pro Pakistan' slogans at the protest, when alert farmers caught him
Farmers protest: Toll Plaza concessionaire claims losses, approaches Punjab & Haryana HC
Similar news reports of ‘toll plaza earnings being hit’ have begun to appear in mainstream media over the last few days
Peasants have put the government on the backfoot: AIUFWP
Impressed by the unified struggle of India’s peasants, AIUFWP promised to continue protests on Tuesday.
I am a farmer first and a police officer later: Punjab DIG Prisons quits
Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Punjab DIG Prisons quits in solidarity with farmers’ protest
Exclusive: An intimate look inside the farmer’s protest
Photojournalist Vijay Pandey has been visiting the various protest sites for many days, and evenings. The photo essay shows the mood on the ground, away from the glare of TV news crews.
Farmers leaders take on fake news
Leaders clarify that all official statements of farmers shall be made from Singhu border headquarters alone
Farmers stopped at Haryana border, leaders question willful use of Section 144
A large deployment of Haryana police personnel barricaded the road towards Delhi citing social distancing guidelines
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