Farmers’ Report Card 2014-24

Farmers’ Report Card 2014-24

The historic farmers’ agitation against the farm Bills pushed by the Modi government was a desperate fight back against what was being touted as Indian farming’s “1991 moment”. The Bills would have made farmers directly negotiate with private corporations instead of the mediation of a state-regulated marketplace. It took about…

IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FARMERS’ MOVEMENT

IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FARMERS’ MOVEMENT

Press Release: In Defence of Democracy and the Farmers’ Movement 2 December 2020: The widespread farmers agitations against the pro-business and anti-farmer legislations passed undemocratically by the Indian Parliament in September 2020, has been met with a predictable insensitive and muted response from the Government. At the meeting called by…