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  • Women spread paddy grain on a field to dry them in the sun, in Nadia.

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  • Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad with Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai during 'Kisan Chaupal Sammelan' for new agricultural laws, in Patna.

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  • Farmers raise slogans beside a burning effigy during a protest against the Central Government over the recent farm reform bills, in Amritsar.

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  • Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar during a farmers' representative meeting, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash are also s...

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  • Farmers shout slogans during their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over new farm laws, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.

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  • Members of various farmers' organizations block the rail track of Rajpura Thermal Plant during their protest over new farm laws, at Rajpura in Patiala district.

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  • A woman collects water chestnut from a pond, in Ajmer district,.

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  • Farmers shout slogans during their ongoing 'rail roko' protest over new farm laws, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.

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  • Women prepare 'chapati' as they block a railway track during the ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over the recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar district.

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  • Farmers shout slogans during the ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over the farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar.

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  • Shiromani Akali Dal activists carry cotton and corn as they stage a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.

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  • Police stop activists of Shiromani Akali Dal who were staging a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.

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  • Shiromani Akali Dal activists stage a protest outside the Krishi Bhawan over farmers' issues including minimum support price (MSP), in New Delhi.

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  • Farmers from Punjab stage a protest outside Krishi Bhawan after they walked out of a meeting with Agriculture Secretary over the new farm bills, in New Delhi.

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  • Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...

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  • Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...

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  • Farmers raise slogans as they block train tracks with tractors on the twentieth day of their ongoing 'Rail Roko' protest over recent farm reform bills, at Devi Dass Pura village in...

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  • Members of various farmers organisations block a Reliance refilling station during a protest over the recent farm bills, in Amritsar district.

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  • A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, in Amritsar district. Farmers continue the practice, a contributor to air pollution in winter season, despite several steps taken by the go...

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  • A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, in Amritsar district. Farmers continue the practice, a contributor to air pollution in winter season, despite several steps taken by the go...

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  • Sow Only After Preparing Soil
    Shelving the enforcement of the new farm laws, until amendments are dec­ided upon, is the way forward to end the deadlock created due to farmers' protest.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Sukhpal Singh
  • Minimum Support, Maximum Mileage
    MSP has long ceased to be an enabler for farmers. It is more of a political tool to garner votes. And this trend started well before Modi.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Ajit Kumar Jha
  • ‘New Laws Not Related To MSP’
    Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar talks about the government’s position on the ongoing famers' agitation and the new farm bills
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Prashant Srivastava
  • Minus And Maximus
    The Centre underestimated farmers’ grievances and is unwilling to climb down and lose face. Its only hope is a chink in the impregnable phalanx of the protestors.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Bhavna Vij-Aurora
  • Maximum Support Protest
    NH44…London, Sydney, California. The farm protests of 2020 are far more inclusive, pan-India, even global—than those of the 1940s and ’80s. Only constant: the State’s betrayal.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Ajit Kumar Jha
  • With Bitter Maple Syrup
    Justin Trudeau’s comments in favour of farmers’ protests angers India. It’s another instance of the Canadian PM privileging domestic politics over better ties with India.
    Dec 10, 2020
    | Seema Guha
  • ‘We Have Won The Trust Of The Tribals’
    Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh chief minister, discusses his achievements as well as the challenges faced by his government with Outlook’s Editor-in-chief Ruben Banerjee
    Nov 25, 2020
    | Ruben Banerjee
  • Green to Evergreen Revolution The Battleground Of Agriculture
    Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of water, credit, declining soil fertility, the tiny size of farm holdings and market. All of them need a new solution.
    Nov 20, 2020
    | Ajit Kumar Jha
  • From Prosperity To Protest
    Punjab was the pioneer, poster state of the Green Revolution…those days are long gone. Is it really only terrorism and drugs that displaced it? Or was it excess farming?
    Nov 19, 2020
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  • From Food-Grain Basket To Labour Reserve
    It’s our largest producer of wheat, sugarcane, potato, milk. It has 76 per cent irrigation. Farm fertility is among our highest. Yet, Uttar Pradesh’s farmers suffer….
    Nov 19, 2020
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  • New Farm Laws Will Not Benefit Marginal Farmers: Kuruganti
    Kavitha Kuruganti, an activist working on improving farm livelihoods, explains why the new farm laws are anti-farmer.
    Nov 19, 2020
    | Ajit Kumar Jha
  • Food Bowl Goes Against The Grain
    Why is Punjab seething at the farm bill? The state earns Rs 4,000 crore on trading fees at the mandis, and some 40,000 commission agents make Rs 1,600 crore. That’s at stake.
    Sep 24, 2020
    | Harish Manav
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