Farmers gear up for Bharat bandh, draw more support

A nationwide strike on Tuesday called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre's agri laws is likely to have an impact in some northern states after several trade unions......

General Singh leads sugarcane farmers' fight for justice

Around 6,000 sugarcane farmers from across India held a massive protest in national capital New Delhi against the controversial Rangarajan Committee report. Former Army Chief V K Singh joined issue......

Ex-army chief V K Singh joins Parl gherao by farmers

Demanding rejection of the Rangarajan Committeee report on freeing the sugar sector, former army chief V K Singh on Tuesday joined a Parliament gherao by sugarcane farmers and shared stage with......

V K Singh to join Parliament 'gherao' by farmers

Former army chief V K Singh, who has assumed an activist's role after retirement, will join a Parliament gherao agitation by sugarcane farmers on Tuesday, its organisers said. The protest has been......

Why banks are unwilling to support the sugar industry

Sugar mills in UP owe thousands of crores to cane farmers. Banks are unwilling to lend to the sector. Bhupesh Bhandari and Sahil Makkar  dissect the festering agrarian-industrial-social......