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The march on Delhi was accompanied by a 24-hour strike of millions [c] of people across India on 26 November in opposition to both the farm law reform and the proposed changes to the labour law. [ 36 ] [ 154 ] Between 28 November and 3 December, the number of farmers blocking the border roads of Delhi was estimated at 150 to 300 thousand. [ 155 ]
On 29 November 2021, the Indian parliament passed the bill to repeal farm laws in the country. [83] The bill was passed without a debate in both the lower house i.e. Lok Sabha and the upper house i.e. Rajya Sabha, despite several demands of it. [84] The farm laws repeal bill was passed within four minutes of being tabled in the Lok Sabha.
The members of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and its supporters although ideologically diverse are united by their commitment to strategy of peaceful andolan (movement); and by the common minimum program of getting the Government to repeal the three farm acts, and make law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for 23 crops.
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]
The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 was an act of the Indian Government that creates a national framework for contract farming through an agreement between a farmer and a buyer before the production or rearing of any farm produces.
There are six main categories of reforms: Abolition of intermediaries (rent collectors under the pre-Independence land revenue system); Tenancy regulation (to improve the contractual terms including the security of tenure);
[2] [3] The Act was collectively passed as part of the 2020 Farm Bills. The Government of India has transferred the money for the wheat procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in April, 2021, directly to the Bank Accounts of Farmers - an amount of Rs 13.71 crore benefiting around 1.6 lakh farmers in Punjab has been transferred online. [4]
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is a farmer's representative organisation in India.It was founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh from the Punjab Khetibari Union (Punjab Farming Union) which became its Punjab branch. [1]