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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
Talks with Amit Shah fail: Farmers firm on demand for the repeal of the anti-farmer laws
Farmers’ leaders stood firm and said that they would not accept the three laws forcibly passed by the government
Bharat Bandh became a reckoning for the central government: farmers’ leaders
After the grand success of Bharat Bandh, people now look towards discussions between farm leaders and the central government.
Snapshots of revolution! Top 10 photos of Bharat Bandh
Despite thrice calling for a nationwide protest, farmers continue to receive an overwhelming response of support.
‘Samundar Bandh’ if gov’t does not listen to farmers: Fishworkers show solidarity
National Fishworkers Forum joins nationwide Bharat Bandh call by “farmer brothers and sisters”
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Railway shutdown if anti-people laws not withdrawn by December 9: AIRF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a hand of solidarity to India’s farmers and promises a call to shut down railways if the three agriculture laws are not withdrawn.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
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