Thousands of farmers from across the country descended on Delhi on Monday for a two-day protest demanding a one-time loan waiver and increase in minimum support price for crops. The farmers, under the aegis of the All India Kisan Sangharsh…
Thousands of farmers gathered at the Ramlila Maidan on Monday to demand a one-time complete waiver of all farmer loans, and fair prices for their produce.Under the common umbrella of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), around 184 farmers’…
Sari-clad women, whose husbands committed suicide due to the agrarian distress, place themselves on the first row. On the stage are farmer leaders from 180 organisations, addressing enough farmers to fill a football field. Holding banners, flags and posters with…
Thousands of farmers from across the country assembled here today, and demanded a one-time total farm debt waiver and remunerative prices for their produce. At a 'Kisan Mukti Sansad' or farmers' liberation parliament, two "bills" were passed for debt and…
Farmers participating in the All India Kisan Sangharsh Committee (AIKSCC) agitation at Parliament Street here have sought a Farmers’ Commission that will provide immediate loan waiver to indebted farmers and to provide continuous relief to those farmers who are in…
After their repeated requests to prevent peasant suicide and look for solutions to their problems fell on deaf ears, thousands of ryots from all over the country congregated in the national capital on Monday, beginning their two-day agitation to press…
Thousands of farmers from across India gathered in the national capital on Monday to press demands for fair crop prices and loan waivers, returning the spotlight to prevailing agrarian distress. The demonstrators marched to Delhi’s Parliament Street after which they…
Tens of thousands of farmers from all over the country on Monday hit Parliament Street to put pressure on the Modi government to give in to their long-standing demands of farm loan waivers and remunerative prices for their produce. The…