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26 May, 10 tweets, 7 min read
The #FarmersProtest against the central govt’s #FarmBills completes 6 months today. Farmers are demanding a repeal of three laws passed in Sept 2020 & have called for a nationwide protest today, May 26, 2021. Follow this thread to know more:
12 opposition parties, supporting the protest today, have written to the Centre demanding a repeal of the #FarmBills & minimum support price (#MSP) for foodgrains, based on the M.S. Swaminathan Committee recommendations
In Sept 2020, #Parliament passed 3 laws--Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement on Prices Assurance & Farm Services Bill, the Farmers’ Produce Trade & Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Bill & the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020
pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…
A faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, a farmers union, reportedly appealed to the protesting farmers to temporarily halt protests due to the #COVID19 #secondwave. Farmers’ outfit have reportedly rejected the Punjab CM’s appeal to not hold #FarmersProtest due to #COVID19
.@India_NHRC issued notices to the chief secys of Delhi, Haryana & UP and asked them to list the steps taken to control #COVID19 spread at protest sites. > 300 farmers are reported to have died at protest sites due to several reasons including #COVID
nhrc.nic.in/media/press-re…
The new farm laws aim to double farmers' income in two years by deregulating agricultural markets but may further widen the inequalities in the sector, we reported in Dec 2020:
indiaspend.com/why-farmers-ar…
Amending the Essential Commodities Act may weaken the bargaining “power of small and marginal farmers & increase the stranglehold of large agri-business in agricultural marketing”, @ramakumarr, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, told us in Sept 2020:
indiaspend.com/no-evidence-th…
In January 2021, the central govt had said they were willing to suspend the three #FarmLaws for 18 months, but this was rejected by the farmer union. Talks have been deadlocked since January.
"There needs to be a repeal of these laws, as the protesting farmers are demanding," @kkuruganti, an activist, told us in Dec 2020:
indiaspend.com/agriculture/ho…
You can access @IndiaSpend’s agriculture-related stories & interviews here: indiaspend.com/category/agric…

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