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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”
Give forest rights not tiger reserves: Van Gujjar forest-dwellers in Uttarakhand
Forest dwellers demand fundamental rights to live and thrive in their homeland, the Shivalik Mohand mountain range in Uttarakhand.
Nearly 100 farmers, Yogendra Yadav and Pralhad Singh arrested in Sirsa!
Haryana police arrested agitating agriculture workers for unsanctioned protest at Sirsa-Barnala highway
Congress-led states consider party Bill to negate anti-farmer laws
As President Ram Nath Kovind gives his assent to the three agriculture Bills, Congress-led states discuss future moves to fight against the anti-farmer laws.
Can triple pricing fix the blunder of the new agrarian laws?
People First, an organisation that looks into the interest of the public sector has suggested a ‘triple pricing mechanism’ to correct the injustice of the recent agrarian laws.
Free trade for all farmers (but subject to restrictions!)
The Haryana government keeps farmers from other states from selling their produce in the state, concretising farmers’ worries about the impact of the new agrarian laws.
Crop procurement advanced by two days
Centre attempts to reassure farmers of their MSP rights despite new laws. Farmers eye the advancement of crop procurement with scepticism.
Congress MP moves Supreme Court challenging the Anti-Farmer Laws
With several states echoing the need to challenge the newly enacted laws, this is the first legal challenge
Karnataka Bandh: Farmers arrested while protesting changes in APMC, Land Reforms Acts
Following the week after nationwide protests against the three anti-farmer Bills of the Centre, Karnataka’s farmers declared a bandh from 6 AM to 6 PM.
States reject 1.75 million FRA claims till March
At a review meeting of Tribal Affairs Ministry, states submitted these statistics of claims accepted and rejected in past 1 year
Rally in Canada against fascism and attacks on the rights of famers in India
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) held a demonstration to oppose growing state violence in India in Surrey on Sunday, September 27.
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