The Congress’ attempt to highlight the poverty and Dalit connection of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to get votes has given more ammunition to all candidates, who are contesting from Bhadaur reserved constituency against him.
How Punjab s Rural Women, Neck-Deep in Debt, Are Trapped in Microloan Cycles
RBI regulations to check over-borrowing or ghost borrowers have failed to deliver, catching women in a cruel cycle of taking loans to repay loans.
A group of women in Mansa s Joga village in Punjab say most of them are in extreme mental distress due to loan overburden and inability to repay. Photo: Vivek Gupta
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Mansa/Sangrur/Barnala: âI feel like ending my life but who will look after my kids,â says Sukhdeep Kaur, from Joga village in Mansa district. She took her first micro group loan of Rs 30,000 in 2016 to open a cosmetic shop.
Soldiers, workers, cultivators: Voices from the frontlines of India’s extraordinary farm protests
A newsletter called the Trolley Times has been capturing the diversity of voices at the protests outside Delhi. Jan 26, 2021 · 09:00 am Farmers sit on a tractor during a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, December 5. | Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Since November 25, hundreds and thousands of farmers have been sitting at the door of India’s capital to mark their protest against the Modi government’s newly passed farm laws. On Republic Day, they have been allowed to enter Delhi on their tractors for a protest rally.