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‘Farmers want a fair price’

Hannan Mollah, 78, general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), played a key role in the farmers movement that followed the passage of the three controversial farm laws.

Fruits of growth must reach our farmers

Announcements almost every other day compel us to believe that India is now the fifth largest economy in the world; that India will be a $5 trillion economy very soon; that India will be the third largest economy of the world in 2027, and that India will become a developed nation in 2047.

Over 5.5 lakh farmers mobilised under central scheme for FPOs: Govt

More than 5.87 lakh farmers have been mobilised under the 'Formation & Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)' scheme launched in February 2020 with equity contribution by farmer members amounting to Rs 36.82 crore, the Centre announced on Thursday.

The Great Con ~ II

Tax rates are ostensibly kept low to promote investment and ensure greater compliance. Neither of these, in fact, happens. In the bargain the social indicators suffer and income disparity mounts. There is nothing like 'trickle down' of economic development in real life. Per capita GDP and similar indicators are the best tools to hide the reality of mounting inequality