Farm and Forest

20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency

Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue

Bharat Bandh: Indians answer farmers’ call for a nationwide shut down

Protests, arrests, sloganeering begins at the crack of dawn! The farmers’ movement continues to grow in size and strength

Live Updates on Bharat Bandh December 8, 2020

Welcome to SabrangIndia’s live blog on nationwide protests by farmers and supporters alike to decry the ruinous economic policies of the Modi-regime. Stay tuned for the latest news, images, posters, interviews, bytes and stories from across the country all day. Read, Share, Participate!

For & Against: Farmers’ Dignity & Right to Fair Livelihood

Why is the right wing, including the BJP, ready to defend the indefensible?

Farmers Bharat Bandh, December 8: Support surges across all sections

An overwhelming section of Indian society answer Indian farmers’ call to close down the nation in condemnation of the three anti-farmer laws passed by the central government.

Railway shutdown if anti-people laws not withdrawn by December 9: AIRF

The All India Railwaymen’s Federation extends a hand of solidarity to India’s farmers and promises a call to shut down railways if the three agriculture laws are not withdrawn.

There has been a Bharat Bandh for 70 years: Kapil Mishra

Bharatiya Janata Party politician Kapil Misra wants people not to express solidarity with the farmer unions, defy the Bharat Bandh on December 8

India’s students and political parties support Bharat Bandh called by protesting farmers

Continued support from various sections of society fuels farmers’ movement with new vigour

December 8 ‘bandh’: Delhi Traffic Police announce diversions, close borders

Image Courtesy:english.jagran.comAs the massive farmers protest entered its twelfth...

Rally against state violence held outside Indian Visa and Passport office in Surrey  

The participants raised slogans against the police violence against protesting farmers, ongoing attacks on minorities and incarceration of political activists

Center-Farmer talks: Next round on Wednesday, December 9

Farmers are firm on their demands, it is the government that needs time

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