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Farmers have not been
able to recover even
the input costs
he demonstrations by farmers in different on September 5 by the three organisations- Centre
parts of India and in the national capital in for Indian Trade Unions, All India Kisan Sabha and
the recent past and proposed protest on No- All India Agriculture Workers’ Union, and Mumbai
T vember 30 are indicative of an uprising. A se- March by thousands of farmers of Maharashtra.
ries of protests by the communities under threat are All India Kisan Coordination Sangharsh Commit-
a caveat by the food producers who face oppression tee, an umbrella organisation of over 200 farmers’
in everyday life. Indian farmer with small landhold- union organised Kisan Mukti Sansad in Novem-
ing is in jeopardy. Having nothing to lose, he is now ber last year in the Parliament Street. The central
geared up to hit the streets more often and resort to issues were the denial of remunerative prices to
massive agitations led by farmers’ organisations. farmers and piling farm debts pushing them into
Thousands of farmers thronged the border of the suicides. Two Bills — Farmers’ Freedom from In-
country’s capital, New Delhi, on October 2 under debtedness Bill and Farmers’ right to guaranteed
the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union to raise their remunerative minimum support price for agri-
demands. This massive protest was one of the latest culture produce — were presented in the Kisan
after a similar protest staged at Parliament Street Mukti Sansad. This ended by declaring a plan for a
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