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…
Farmers in Sikar district are again up in arms against the Rajasthan government after crash in onion prices with rising arrivals of the produce, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) leaders said. AIKS, the CPI(M)-affiliated farmers’ organisation, plans a demonstration at…
Unprovoked attacks on cattle farmers by self-styled gaurakshaks have broken the back of cattle economy in the country and the worst affected were small and marginal farmers whose nearly a third of income came from animal husbandry, a national convention…
Amidst slogans of protesting farmers are echoing in different regions across the country, the Himachal Pradesh fraction of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has given a call to encircle the state assembly in Shimla on April 3. The protest call…
“The BJP’s loan waiver promise was a big joke to farmers,” UP Kisan Sabha leader Mukut Singh said. Arguments notwithstanding, the opposition found an opportunity to mock at the loan waiver scheme. Farm loan waiver was among the major promises…
The Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Monday said it was thrilled with the successful farmers protests in Maharashtra and Rajasthan, which had given strength to the farmers' cause and expanded agitations across the country. The support from non-farmer…
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…
Present growth model of the country has benefited just a small population and caused deprivation for a larger number. The only solution for a better economic model is to alleviate farm distress. Source: Reorient India’s governance model