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The formation of a commission specifically for different spices is requested to address the unique challenges faced by spice growers. Protection of Indigenous People's Rights: The farmers seek protection for land, forests, and water sources belonging to tribal communities. Ensuring the rights of indigenous people is a priority.
The farmers want legislation that will apply the protection to all produce. The protesting farmers are mostly from Punjab and Haryana and are relatively better-off than farmers in other Indian states.
Farmers in India. Agrarian distress refers to the economic, political, and social challenges faced by farmers and rural communities due to factors such as low crop yields, fluctuating prices of agricultural produce, high input costs, indebtedness, and lack of access to credit, markets, and infrastructure. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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.
Maharashtra has been the state worst affected by suicides in farming sector with over 60,000 deaths between the period from 1995 to 2013. [32]According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the states with the highest incidence of farmer suicide in 2022 were Maharashtra (4,248), Karnataka (2,392), Andhra Pradesh (917), and Tamil Nadu (728) and Madhya Pradesh (641). [33]
Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government, and say they will continue their march to the capital New Delhi ...
In India's Agriculture Problem: Lack of Access to Credit is one of the most pressing issues that hinder India’s rural population from progress. It means the lack of access to credit by a farmer. Farmer ’s suicide within the agricultural sector does not occur as a shocking matter as the farmers are deprived of monetary assistance when they ...
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.