Tag: Rakesh Tikait

National
SKM decides to end movement; farmers will vacate protest sites on Dec 11

SKM decides to end movement; farmers will vacate protest sites on Dec 11

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organization of the farmers, has decided...

National
Bill to repeal three farm laws passed in Parliament

Bill to repeal three farm laws passed in Parliament

The Parliament has passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, which will repeal the...

National
Modi makes ‘farm outreach’ with Jewar airport project

Modi makes ‘farm outreach’ with Jewar airport project

Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of the Rs 30,000-crore...

National
Farm Laws Repeal Bill approved by the Cabinet

Farm Laws Repeal Bill approved by the Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws....

Opinion
Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape

Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape

With the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the three controversial...

Opinion
Repeal of farm laws: Masterstroke or political compulsion?

Repeal of farm laws: Masterstroke or political compulsion?

The decision announced by the Prime Minister on the morning of November 19 is an...

National
PM announces repeal of three farm laws; constitutional process at the end of November

PM announces repeal of three farm laws; constitutional process at the end of November

In his address to the nation on the occasion of Dev Deepavali and Gurpurab, Prime...

Opinion
Farmers’ movement: Need to broaden its scope by presenting a national platform

Farmers’ movement: Need to broaden its scope by presenting a national platform

Any social transformation requires socio-economic movements which lead to a change...

States
Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls

Political economy of sugarcane, paddy crucial for 2022 UP polls

While the political firmament is abuzz with pre-poll activities, the farmer leaders,...

Opinion
Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

The sequence of events over the last month has been one that has brought the ongoing...

States
Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups

Amid farmers’ agitation, UP to invest Rs 722 crore in agri start-ups

Amid the ongoing farmers’ agitation, the UP govt has planned to invest more than...

National
Bharat Bandh a complete success, say farmer organizations

Bharat Bandh a complete success, say farmer organizations

Farmer organizations have claimed that the Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukta Kisan...

Opinion
Political signals of 1989 redux at Jayant Chaudhary’s Rasam Pagdi at Chhaprauli and Muzaffarnagar Kisan Panchayat

Political signals of 1989 redux at Jayant Chaudhary’s Rasam Pagdi at Chhaprauli and Muzaffarnagar Kisan Panchayat

The last two weeks have signalled a shift in the farmers’ movement and the politics...

National
Anil Ghanwat, a member of SC committee on farm laws, writes to CJI to make its report public

Anil Ghanwat, a member of SC committee on farm laws, writes to CJI to make its report public

Anil Ghanwat, a member of the committee appointed by the SC to find a solution to...

National
Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar attended by lakhs; farm leaders take on BJP

Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar attended by lakhs; farm leaders take on BJP

A historic Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat lakhs of farmers from all over the country...

States
UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

UP sugar mills owe about Rs 8,000 crore to cane farmers

According to the data from the UP Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department...