BKS’s protest on MSP is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement
The BKS’s protest on MSP on September 8th is the RSS’s attempt to weaken the farmers’ movement by driving a wedge, especially before the Uttar Pradesh polls.
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After chit fund scams, microfinance debt trap exploits Bengal villagers
The microfinance companies have trapped the poor villagers of West Bengal in their obnoxious debt trap as these people have no access to institutional credit.
Government proposal to resume dialogue with protesting farmers is a hoax call
The Modi regime’s proposal to resume dialogue with protesting farmers is a bait to buy peace and time before the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Mounting sugarcane dues issue and the BJP’s complicity
While total sugarcane dues to farmers has reached Rs 229 billion in India, 60% of the amount is due to sugarcane farmers of BJP-ruled UP.
BJP’s promises to West Bengal’s farmers: A hollow paradise
The BJP’s promises to West Bengal’s farmers are quite lucrative and paradise-like but unfortunately, they are all hollow and based on lies.
Sinking potato price: A woe for north Bengal farmers
The falling potato price has become a curse for farmers of north Bengal districts who have invested huge amount to cultivate the crop.
The paddy farmers of West Bengal: In a labyrinth of low MSP and accessibility
The paddy farmers of West Bengal are in an abysmal crisis due to lack of MSP and accessibility to the government’s procurement centres.
The farmers’ movement against agriculture reforms aggravated Modi’s crisis
The farmers’ movement against agriculture reforms has become a dilemma for the BJP as it can neither oppose their demands nor reject them.
The farmers’ protest in Delhi: Why farmers of other states not equally vocal?
Why the farmers’ protest in Delhi is only becoming a protest by north Indian farmers, while the farmers of other states are relatively quiet?
How the farm reforms will destroy India’s farmers and food security?
How Modi’s farm reform measures and dilution of Essential Commodities Act, 1955, will affect the farmers and food security of the poor?
Inside Modi’s two anti-farmer agriculture bills: A trap to rob farmers and people
What are the salient features of Modi’s two anti-farmer agriculture bills? We analysed the anti-poor provisions of these bills.
Farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensify in UP due to lack of wheat MSP
In Uttar Pradesh the middle, small and marginal farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensified as they don’t get MSP for wheat from private buyers.
Why Modi Government’s 50% MSP Hike on 14 Kharif Crops Isn’t a Pro-Farmer Move?
The Modi regime has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 notified Kharif crops to fulfil the BJP’s poll promise of increasing farmers’ income in comparison to the input cost of farming by 50 per cent. This promise was reiterated during the Union Budget 2018-19 and the government announced the increase in MSP on … Read more