{"id":80634,"date":"2021-11-29T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=80634"},"modified":"2022-02-14T19:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:53:25","slug":"indian-farmers-defend-rights-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/indian-farmers-defend-rights-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Farmers Defend the Rights of Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:100.88%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">On November 19, 2021, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ind.media\/e\/546932\/s-pms-address-to-the-nation-9-\/lxd5mx\/950141875?h=6qjGbYwBOFeocvT6YV7vI-ZQEzFw10RA3AngwKUkRcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201c[W]e have decided to repeal all three agricultural laws.\u201d The prime minister was referring to the three agriculture laws that were <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ind.media\/e\/546932\/spite-a-massive-grain-surplus-\/lxd5mz\/950141875?h=6qjGbYwBOFeocvT6YV7vI-ZQEzFw10RA3AngwKUkRcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rushed<\/a> through the parliament in 2020. During his speech to announce the rollback, Modi told the farmers that they \u201cshould return to [their] homes, fields and to [their] families. Let\u2019s make a fresh start.\u201d At no point did Modi admit that his government had passed laws that would negatively impact the farmers, who have spent a year protesting the laws thrust upon them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">It seems likely that Modi will not give up on his policies to <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ind.media\/e\/546932\/spite-a-massive-grain-surplus-\/lxd5mz\/950141875?h=6qjGbYwBOFeocvT6YV7vI-ZQEzFw10RA3AngwKUkRcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privatize agriculture<\/a>, but rather will return to them with different packaging. \u201cOur government has been working in the interest of the farmers and will continue to do so,\u201d he insisted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Jubilation at the Victory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The idea that Modi\u2019s BJP-led government had been \u201cworking in the interest of the farmers\u201d was not apparent to the protesting farmers. To gauge the sentiment of the farmers and their organizations, I interviewed Dr. Ashok Dhawale, the national president of the All India Kisan Sabha\u2014one of the key farmers\u2019 associations\u2014and a leader of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)\u2014a United Farmers\u2019 Front. Dhawale told me that Modi\u2019s promise to repeal the three farm laws \u201cis a classic case of too little, too late.\u201d It is \u201ctoo little\u201d because Modi only accepted one of the farmers\u2019 demands (repealing the laws) and not the slate of other demands, which included the creation of a robust <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ind.media\/e\/546932\/definition-article24370556-ece\/lxd5n2\/950141875?h=6qjGbYwBOFeocvT6YV7vI-ZQEzFw10RA3AngwKUkRcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minimum support price<\/a> (MSP) structure; it is \u201ctoo late\u201d because during this year-long protest, 700 farmers have <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ind.media\/e\/546932\/m-laws-repeal-farmers-reaction\/lxd5n4\/950141875?h=6qjGbYwBOFeocvT6YV7vI-ZQEzFw10RA3AngwKUkRcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost their lives<\/a> due to the privations of the protest and government repression.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">On November 19, 2021, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, \u201c[W]e have decided to repeal all three agricultural laws.\u201d The prime minister was referring to the three agriculture laws that were rushed through the parliament in 2020. During his speech to announce the rollback, Modi told the farmers that they \u201cshould return to [their] homes, fields and to [their] families. Let\u2019s make a fresh start.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":80635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1013,1031],"tags":[4,5],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indian Farmers Defend the Rights of Farmers - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/indian-farmers-defend-rights-farmers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian Farmers Defend the Rights of Farmers - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On November 19, 2021, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, \u201c[W]e have decided to repeal all three agricultural laws.\u201d The prime minister was referring to the three agriculture laws that were rushed through the parliament in 2020. 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