The pre budget consultation meeting on agriculture held by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 11th June 2019 has exposed the anti-peasant nature of the BJP led 2nd NDA Government. No organization of the peasantry, farmers and agricultural workers that…
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) denounces the death threats to Dr Ram Puniyani, an intrepid fighter against communalism and champion of secularism. The Maharashtra govt must take immediate action against the culprits and must forthwith protect Dr Ram Puniyani…
At the statewide call of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Maharashtra State Council, thousands of farmers came on to the streets in several districts on June 1, just two days after the newly elected BJP regime of Narendra Modi…
At the statewide call of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Maharashtra State Council, thousands of peasants came on to the streets in several districts on June 1, just two days after the newly elected BJP regime at the Centre…
Farmers in Maharashtra whose land is sought to be acquired by the state government for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project against their wishes have announced that they would approach the Japanese government to stop the move. With support from the…
Odisha is reeling under one of the worst cyclones since the Super Cyclone of 1999. The Fani Cyclone that hit the Odisha Coast wreaked havoc and unprecedented destruction of houses, crops, trees, electricity poles and also took the lives of…
Uphold Farmers’ Seed Freedoms as Guaranteed by Indian Laws PepsiCo’s expression of intent to withdraw lawsuit against farmers is a significant victory in the struggle for protecting farmers’ seed freedoms. However, nothing concrete has been done by them yet in…
Around one hundred farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Telengana, travelled all the way to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to file their candidature against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his home turf. Though most of the nominations were rejected on technical…
Ahmedabad: Food and beverages giant PepsiCo India on Thursday said it will withdraw its lawsuit against four Gujarat potato farmers accused of infringing its patent. "After discussions with the government, the company has agreed to withdraw the cases against the…
The American food and beverage multinational corporation, Pepsico, offered an out-of-court settlement to the four Indian farmers it had accused of patent infringement on Friday, April 26 during a hearing in the district court of Ahmedabad in India’s western…