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Thousands of female farmers hold sit-ins, hunger strike to protest India’s new agricultural laws Neha Mehrotra and Rishi Lekhi NEW DELHI Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images Thousands of female farmers held sit-ins and a hunger strike in India’s capital on Monday in protests on International Women’s Day against new agricultural laws. The demonstrations were held at multiple sites on the fringes of New Delhi where tens of thousands of farmers have camped for more than three months to protest against the laws they say will leave them poorer and at the mercy of big corporations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the laws are necessary to modernize agriculture. ....
Farm Laws: Fate of Farmers in Bihar Points To What Those Across India Might Soon Face High volatility in crop prices, coupled with the absence of APMCs, means that farmers usually have to sell their produce well below the MSP. Rajiv Kumar Ojha. Photo: Parth M.N./People s Archive of Rural India Rights26/Feb/2021 Muzaffarpur: Rajiv Kumar Ojha does not know which is more stressful: harvesting a decent crop or trying to sell it. âYou might find it funny, but my troubles begin after I get a good harvest at the end of the cropping season,â he said, sitting in the verandah of his dilapidated house in Chaumukh, a village in north-central Bihar. ....
April 6, 2021 last updated 14:1 ET A woman carries firewood on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Feb. 1, 2019 (AP photo by Anupam Nath). Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws For over two months, hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers have been conducting sustained sit-ins on the outskirts of New Delhi. Undeterred by COVID-19 or violent police crackdowns, and despite the cold northern Indian winter, the protesters are demanding the repeal of controversial new farm laws that they say harm their livelihoods. The sit-ins have been largely peaceful, though tensions have risen in recent weeks. On Jan. 26, a group of farmers took to the streets on the occasion of India’s Republic Day holiday, clashing with security forces. At least one protester died and hundreds more were injured, including more than 300 police officers. . ....
Farmers in India have taken to the streets again as part of ongoing protests against new laws that they say will upend their ability to make a living. ....