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#India- Striking at the Modi Model – The Plough In The Works

MAYUR BHATT Holding on Farmers protest an SIR LAND POLICY: GUJARAT The Plough In The Works Modi’s plans for industrial development run up against opposition from farmers. Is it Modi’s Singur moment? DEBARSHI DASGUPTA Striking At The Modi Model Besides the… Continue Reading →

Gujarat – Two farmer leaders protesting Becharaji SIR arrested, released on bail

Express news service : Ahmedabad, Mon Aug 19 2013, 04:34 hrs Two farmer activists, who have been spearheading the public movement against the proposed Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region (MB-SIR), were arrested by the Ahmedabad district police late on Saturday night for… Continue Reading →

India – Gujarat Farmers say ‘NO” to Maruti Suzuki on Independence Day

Modi’s ‘Singur’ The Other Independence Day   Subhash Gatade     It was also an Independence Day celebration albeit of a different kind. Far away from the 24 7 media and far away from the usual rhetoric one witnesses on… Continue Reading →

Not a Good Idea, SIRji – Gujarat Farmers to Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi‘s decision to set up SIRs receives disapproval from farmers Mitul Thakkar, ET Bureau Aug 11, 2013, 04.00AM IST (Farmers of Vithalapur village…) For many decades the sleepy town of Becharaji in Gujarat’s Mehsana district was known only for its… Continue Reading →

Anti-agrarian policies will hit farmers: Sainath

IRUNELVELI, The Hindu Says a sustained struggle alone will change this situation The governments’ anti-agrarian policies and the impending entry of corporate houses in the agriculture sector will create a crisis for farmers in near future, according to P. Sainath,… Continue Reading →

Kerala Farmers- Payment mode takes the sheen off subsidies

K. A. MARTIN , The Hindu The HinduPaddy farmers at work in fields near Palakkad on a rainy day just ahead of Farmers’ Day on Chingam 1, which falls on August 17. Poor rain has delayed sowing and harvesting in… Continue Reading →

The Seed Emergency: The Threat to Food and Democracy

Vandana Shiva Patenting seeds has led to a farming and food crisis – and huge profits for US biotechnology corporations. The seed is the first link in the food chain – and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty…. Continue Reading →

Tea Labourers dying of hunger in Assam

Feb 1, 2012-Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) has learnt about 11 recent deaths due to starvation, malnutrition and lack of medical care in Bhuvan Valley Tea Estate, a privately owned tea garden, in the district of Cachar in North-East… Continue Reading →

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