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The 2024 Indian farmers' protest is the second round of continuous protests and road blockades initiated by farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana on 13 February 2024, primarily located at Punjab's Shambhu border. [13]
It was only after the passage of the acts that more farmers and farm unions across India joined the protests against the reforms. [ citation needed ] On 25 September 2020 farm unions all over India called for a Bharat Bandh ( lit. transl. nation-wide shutting down ) to protest against these farm laws. [ 130 ]
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 ...
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.
AMBALA, India (Reuters) -The Indian government has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with protesting farmers, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal ...
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest were a series of protest against three farm acts which were passed by the BJP-led Union Government in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020. In September 2021, Ajay Mishra Teni , a BJP leader and the Minister of State for Home Affairs was attending an event in the Palia town of ...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian police fired teargas on Tuesday to scatter hundreds of farmers and supporters on a protest march to the capital New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce.
The acts have faced protests from farmers in various parts of India alleging that it will hurt their earnings. [66] The main reasons for opposition is the uncertainty regarding the implementation of the reforms, [ 67 ] controversy surrounding the minimum support prices (MSPs) [ 68 ] and low bargaining power of the farmers are some of the fears ...