भूमिका अक्टूबर क्रांति के बाद हमने यह सबक सीखा कि जिन देशों में पूंजीवाद देर से आया, उन देशों में नया उभरता पूंजीपति वर्ग सामंतवाद को नष्ट करके बुर्जुआ लोकतंत्र क्रांति को पूरा करने और बुर्जुआ लोकतंत्र की स्थापना करने…
WHILE the BJP manifesto had claimed that it will link MGNREGS to agriculture, nothing has happened to strengthen and expand it. No increase in MGNREGS allocation has been made even in the latest Budget. Rs 55,000 crore allotted is exactly…
The massive mobilisation for the worker-peasant rally in New Delhi scheduled today, September 5, is a unique one, in which, perhaps for the first time, large numbers of workers and peasants would march together against the policies of the Indian…
National Commission on Farmers, Serving Farmers and Saving Farming, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (2004). link. Serving Farmers and Saving Farming: From Crisis to Confidence, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (2004). link. National Commission on Farmers, Serving Farmers…
On March 6, about 40,000 subsistence farmers and landless peasants, many from impoverished indigenous tribes, marched to Mumbai from Nashik, a city 112 miles northeast of India’s commercial capital. The sea of humanity flooding the highway to Mumbai captured national…
The dumping of rotten potatoes at prominent places in Lucknow on Saturday may be a pointer to the problems faced by farmers in Uttar Pradesh. The State accounts for 31 per cent of the tuber crop produced in the country.Farmers…
The Centre has decided to withdraw its controversial plan of notifying a ban on sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets, a senior official from the Ministry of Environment and Forests told The Indian Express. The move comes after…
Untimely rain during the picking season, a virulent attack of pink bollworms, and widespread cultivation of Bt3 seeds have left them dejected. Discoloured cotton with high moisture content is barely saleable and rates drop steeply. “Most small and marginal farmers…
SILIGURI: Low level of price realization and severe shortage of storage space, potato farming is in downturn this sowing season in northern West Bengal. It is one of the highest contributing zones to national potato yield. Sowing for potato is…