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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Police in India fired tear gas on Tuesday at hundreds of farmers and their supporters during a protest march towards New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a promise ...
The farmers want legislation that will apply the protection to all produce. The protesting farmers are mostly from Punjab and Haryana and are relatively better-off than farmers in other Indian states.
Thousands of farmers protested in India's capital on Thursday to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices, after weeks of being blocked from entering the city.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in India. It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the Punjab Khetibari Union (Punjab Farming Union) which became its Punjab branch. [1] The union is affiliated to the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and Via Campesina. [2]
United States: Several Indian-American protests were held in support of the farmers, with rallies being held outside Indian consulates in San Francisco, Chicago, Indianapolis, New York City, Houston, Michigan, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. [337] [338] [339] A rally of over a thousand Indian Americans was also held in Detroit, [340] and a car ...
Farmers fear the growing privatisation of electricity and lack trust in state governments to pay subsidies on time. They call for the removal of the bill to safeguard their interests. Compensation for Lives Lost During the 2020–2021 Agitation: Families of farmers who died during the 2020–2021 agitation seek monetary compensation.
Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops will postpone a planned protest march to New Delhi until unions hold another round of talks with government ministers on Sunday. Agriculture ...
The launch of BKS was preceded by earlier efforts of RSS to organize the peasantry. In the 1960s, RSS had organized farmers in the Vidarbha region, and again in 1972 in Uttar Pradesh. [1] The RSS effort to build an agrarian front, parallel to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh trade union movement, had however failed to attract major mass support. [7]