Agriculture

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: भारत का किसान महीने का इतना कम कमाता है?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0ia2eEAXU 
Sep 17, 2021  पता था कि लोगों की नजर उन बैंकों के बहिखाते पर है, जिनके यहां एनपीए (NPA) लाखों-करोड़ों रुपये का हो चुका है. इस कारण बैंकों को बुरी नजर से देखा जाने लगा था. कब डूबेंगे कब क्या होगा. इसका समाधान निकाल लिया गया है. 

Stiglitz discusses benefits of globalization https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2003/10/13/stiglitz-discusses-benefits-of-globalization/ 
YASSMIN SADEGHI , OCT 13, 2003

It is better to be a cow in Europe than a farmer in Africa — at least comparing European farm subsidies to American economic support for African farmers — Nobel Prize-winning author Joseph Stiglitz said Friday.

Stiglitz discussed a number of problems with the United States’ governance of globaliza

SKM Uttar Pradesh Meeting Concludes with Call to make Bharat Bandh against Modi Regime's Policies a great Success 11th September 2021

The UP SKM meeting which began at Lucknow yesterday, and in which leaders of 85 Kisan organisations took part, concluded on September 10 afternoon with the following decisions:

1. All efforts would be made to make the September 27 Bharat Bandh against the disastrous policies of the Modi-led BJP-RSS regime a massive success.
2. To plan for the Bharat Bandh, meetings of all Kisan and other mass organisations will be held at each district headquarter in UP on September 17.
3. All other decisions about struggles on issues like sugarcane price and other burning local issues, dates of Mahapanchayats in each division, etc would be taken in the SKM UP meeting after September 27.
4. A three member coordination committee comprising Harnam Varma, D P Singh and Tejinder Singh Virk was formed. It will coordinate the actions for the Bandh and it will be expanded later.

All these decisions were reported in a well attended press conference at the UP Press Club in Lucknow by Dr Darshan Pal, Dr Ashok Dhawale and the three member coordination committee.

Post by Dr Dhawale: AIKS

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Crisis has engulfed agrarian society’ Anupama Katakam https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-dr-ashok-dhawale-on-farm-laws-neoliberal-reforms-crisis-has-engulfed-agrarian-society/article36280028.ece
Print edition : September 24, 2021

Indian agriculture was historically in a state of crisis due to the complete absence of agrarian reform outside Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura, and poor levels of public investment in rural infrastructure. 

Free trade agreements have resulted in a major inflow of predatory imports, resulting in the crash of many commodity prices. Consequently, profitability rates have shrunk across crops. Agricultural credit is being diverted from small and marginal farmers towards the richer sections and corporate agribusiness houses.

These three farm laws of the BJP regime, in a nutshell, aim to dismantle the MSP regime, government procurement of foodgrains, and thus the entire public distribution system, which is availed of by over 81 crore people in India.

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Finally action against IAS officer who said Sar Fodo for protesters, farmers end gherao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCO79LZLWOo Sep 11, 2021

Farmers have decided to end their sit-in protest in Haryana's Karnal district after the state government agreed to three main demands of the protesting farmers. In a joint press conference which included representative from both sides; government and farmers, it was announced that a judicial inquiry will be launched against Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha whose video of ordering lathicharge on farmers went viral on social media. The investigation will be monitored by a retired High Court judge. SDM Sinha has been sent on leave for one month; duration of the probe. The government also promised jobs to 2 family members of a deceased farmer who was also a part of protest and died on the next day of police lathicharge.