The State has recorded its worst performance in four years in disbursement of crop loans with only 41% of the target being achieved by January-end compared with the 72% at the same time last year. The low credit offtake has…
On 6 March, some 35,000 farmers from across Maharashtra marched to Mumbai, demanding of the state government land rights, loan waivers, fair compensation for their produce, respect and dignity for farmers from indigenous tribes (adivasis) and improvements in the agriculture…
The 180-km long march, defying the sweltering March sun, by around 40,000 small and marginal farmers, led by the Left-leaning All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), has been a huge morale booster for the trade union movement in the country as…
The farmers’ show of strength in Mumbai this month forced the BJP-led Maharashtra government to accept their demands “100 per cent”. It was the culmination of a year-long agitation by farmers who had gone on strike in 2017 — a…
The vineyards of Nashik clothe northwest Maharashtra’s semi-arid expanse in colours subtly contrasting with the lush greenery of his native village in Kerala. It has a name with resonance—Karivellur hosted a Communist uprising in 1946, three decades before Vijoo Krishnan…
Over 30,000 farmers marched to Mumbai, from different parts of Maharashtra, for five days from March 7 to 12 to draw the State government’s attention to their demands, that included transfer of forestland to tribals who had been tilling it…
For the thousands of farmers from Maharashtra’s tribal districts who walked to Mumbai, the demand for land ownership is tied to their hopes for a better life — that they can dig wells, take loans and live without the fear…
It was truly an amazing struggle, the like of which has not been seen in Maharashtra in recent times. It caught the imagination of the peasantry and the people, and received their unstinted support, not only in the…
AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA AND THE MAHARASHTRA RAJYA KISAN SABHA ON 12 MARCH 2018 IN THE TALKS HELD WITH THE CHIEF MINISTER AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LONG MARCH. THIS AGREEMENT WAS TABLED IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY…