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Farmers Protest
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, DelhiSC: Delhi Police to decide the fate of the tractor rally on 26 JanuaryThe Supreme Court declined to ban the farmers' January 26 tractor rally and left the decision on its entry into Delhi to the Delhi Police.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaRise in the prices of fertilisers escalates tensions between farmers and the stateA Rs 700 rise in DAP prices and dearer cotton seed led the KMSC to block the Amritsar-Ferozepur road, while the Centre told firms not to raise non-urea fertiliser prices.
- Policy & trade, Punjab12 casualties in farmers’ protest in Punjab against the Centre’s farm lawsTwelve people have died during Punjab's protests against the Centre's farm laws, and BKU-Ugrahan is refusing to cremate two bodies until families get more than the state's Rs 3 lakh compensation.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmers dismiss Centre’s offer to put the farm laws on hold for a yearFarm unions under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha rejected the Centre's offer to put the farm laws on hold, repeating their demand for full repeal and a law on MSP.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaCM Khattar’s attempt to maintain a pro-Dalit stance amongst the protesting farmersA khap panchayat backed by Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to peacefully oppose Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar's April 14 visit to Badoli village in Sonepat for a programme marking Ambedkar's birth anniversary.
- Policy & trade, IndiaFarmer leaders decide to campaign against BJP, allies in poll-bound statesFarm union leaders said they would send teams to poll-bound states to urge voters to back candidates who can defeat the BJP, as protests against the farm laws continue.
- Policy & trade, HaryanaFarmers’ protest: farmers block KMP expressway in Haryana; traffic divertedSamyukt Kisan Morcha blocked the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway from Saturday morning to Sunday morning in protest against the farm laws, and Haryana Police told people to avoid the route.
- Policy & trade, PunjabTributes paid to the departed farmers of the farmers’ protestBKU (Ugrahan) held tribute programmes in 98 Punjab villages for 41 farmers who have died since September 15 as protests against the Centre's farm laws intensified.
- Policy & trade, PunjabStringent Bharat Bandh by farmers: highways and other roads blocked in Punjab and HaryanaFarmers blocked highways, roads and rail tracks in Punjab and Haryana during a Bharat Bandh from 6 am to 6 pm marking four months of protest against the farm laws.
- Policy & trade, IndiaA brief timeline of the meetings between the farmers and the governmentTraces the rounds of talks between the Centre and protesting farm unions from October 2020 to January 2021, none of which broke the deadlock over repeal of the farm laws.