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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

Gujarat tribals protest land grab around Statue of Unity

The villagers do not want to give up their lands saying the acquisition period has lapsed and the government’s claim should be invalidated

Assault on Tharu women prompts FIR but forest officials flex muscles in UP

An unprecedented FIR has been lodged at the Gauriphanta...

Purchase Maize under MSP, pay differential to farmers: NAPM to Bihar CM

The Bihar government’s refusal to purchase maize, a staple crop in north Bihar, Kosi and Seemanchal has caused acute distress, made a mockery of the Prime Minister’s Annadata Aay Suraksha Abhiyan (PM-AASA) and led to sustained protests

Van Gujjars assaulted by police and forest officials, CJP moves NHRC demanding justice

The complaint states how the police and forest officials violated lockdown rules, procedure for eviction as well as defied high court orders and when the tribals objected to their unlawful actions, a false case was slapped against them

Locusts, Covid-19, Delhi Government’s cup of woes runneth over

Curses of Biblical proportions are plaguing an already stressed Delhi Government led by Aravind Kejriwal.

Fight against Commercial Mining of Coal in Jharkhand

To fight against the commercial mining of coal in Jharkhand, we have to recall how the battle against bauxite mining by mighty Corporate Vedanta was fought and won by the tribal community in the Niyamgiri mountains in Odisha.

Commercial Mining, not a boon but a curse: Jharkhand & Central India     

Serious concerns about the commercialisation/privatisation of coal mines located on Adivasi lands

Auction for Mining in 20 Coal Blocks given go ahead, protests break out: Jharkand

Mahasabha calls for mass protests against central government’s decision to allow commercial coal mining

Uttarakhand: Van Gujjars injured, property destroyed in clash with forest officials

The forest officials even arrested more than 10 members of the nomadic tribe, who have been granted a stay on eviction from Rajaji National Park by the Supreme Court

Defy, resist, combat: Farmers’ unions call for massive mobilisation

All India Kisan Sabha, All India Agricultural Workers’ Union and Centre of Indian Trade Unions will lead a nationwide mass movement on August 9

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