Tag: SKM
Farming Class of 2021 would be a turning point for national agenda
The year 2021 would also go down in Indian history as a turning point for our polity...
Why the current farmers’ movement is bigger than Champaran and Kheda
Farmers will return from the encampments set up on the Delhi borders to their homes...
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...
Not fully satisfied with the govt proposal, SKM to decide future of the movement in its Wednesday meeting
The government did not hold any meeting with the five-member committee formed by...
SKM forms committee for talks with govt; demand for legal guarantee of MSP continues
In a marathon meeting at the Singhu border on Saturday, the SKM decided to form...
SKM will decide its stance on the farmers’ movement on December 4
The President of India has given his assent to the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021....
Bill to repeal three farm laws passed in Parliament
The Parliament has passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, which will repeal the...
Farm Laws Repeal Bill approved by the Cabinet
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws....
Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape
With the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the three controversial...
SKM letter to PM lays down charter of demands
SKM seems to be toughening its stance. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra...
Repeal of farm laws: Masterstroke or political compulsion?
The decision announced by the Prime Minister on the morning of November 19 is an...
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...
Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing
The sequence of events over the last month has been one that has brought the ongoing...
Paddy procurement starts in Punjab and Haryana on Oct 3; decision to delay procurement would have virtually negated scientific achievements
When on Oct 2 the farmers in Haryana and Punjab protested the central government’s...
Bharat Bandh a complete success, say farmer organizations
Farmer organizations have claimed that the Bharat Bandh called by the Samyukta Kisan...
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...