On July 6, 2019 at Guwahati, capital of Assam, a seminar was organised by Assam State Kisan Sabha (AIKS) in association with CITU and Joint Council of Trade Unions (JCTU), on the topic, "Present Political and Economic Challenges in India'.…
In a year when about half the country is reeling under severe drought, the least that was expected of the Union Budget was that there will be certain steps to provide succour and confidence to the distressed peasantry. The Budget…
A Budget for Promotion of Corporate Profiteering at the Expense of Farmers The Budget has nothing concrete for farmers and is merely empty rhetoric. It does not address the issue remunerative prices for farmers’ produce or suggest any steps to…
The BJP led Central Government has announced the Minimum Support Prices for the Kharif Marketing Season 2019-20. In a situation when farmers across the country are in acute distress due to severe drought, the prices announced only add salt to…
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…
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…
AlKS demands urgent intervention of Central Government to protect the interests of potato farmers in Gujarat who were unethically implicated in cases by the Multinational Company PepsiCo. Nine Gujarati small farmers were asked to pay Rs 1.05 crore each for…
All India Kisan Sabha expresses its deep grief and sorrow for those killed due to rain and thunder storm in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and some other parts of India and demand adequate compensation for the families of those how…