Police repress Indian farmers’ protest against ethanol plant
Farmers have accused the administration of dismissing their concerns about the plant’s possible impact on the local environment and scarce water resources in the arid region.
Indian farmers protest new seed bill, calling it a threat to the country’s sovereignty
Farmer groups claim that the proposed bill is an attempt to reintroduce provisions of laws which the ultra-right-wing government was forced to withdraw after a year-long protest in Delhi in 2020-21.
Indian farmers are prepared to march on Delhi once again
A shutdown was observed in some parts of India on December 30 in support of protesting farmers who are demanding the government implement a legal minimum support price for all farm produce as promised in 2021.
Indian farmers and workers are uniting once again for a national mobilization on November 26
Millions are expected to join the nationwide mobilization launched by a combination of central trade unions and an united front of farmers called the Samyukta Kisan Morcha
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