Reportage
Only half the farmers aware of the Centre’s new contract farming law: Gaon Connection Survey
Of the 49 per cent farmers who are aware of the new contract farming law, over 46 per cent said the law was in favour of the farmers, while 40 per cent did not think so.
Kushal Mishra
Can farm bills passed by Punjab sidestep Central agri laws? Legal opinion divided
Some legal experts say agriculture being a state subject, Punjab has the authority to enact its laws. Others say instead of overriding central legislation, Punjab should approach the Supreme Court.
Vivek Gupta
Two out of five farmers fear the farm laws will end the MSP system; 59% want MSP as a mandatory law
In the Gaon Connection’s recent rapid survey, 39% fear the minimum support price will be abolished due to the farm laws, whereas another 39% believe the mandi system will be done away with.
Divendra Singh
Acts of Omission: Farmers from Punjab and Haryana fear the agri laws hurt them more than others
As compared to the east zone in India where about 40% of farmers did not support the three new agri laws, in the northwest region of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, as much as 77% of the respondent farmers opposed the laws, finds the recent Gaon Connection Survey.
Animesh Mishra
Highest opposition to the new agri laws among northwest region farmers; greatest support in the west region: Gaon Connection Rural Survey
Gaon Connection’s ‘The Rural Report 2: The Indian Farmer’s Perception of the New Agri Laws’, shows that farmers’ opinion on the new agri laws is divided. On both the sides — 52% opposing or 35% supporting these laws — many are unaware of the details of the acts.
Nidhi Jamwal
Will the new agri laws benefit or harm farmers?
Farmers, farmers’ organisations, agriculture entrepreneurs, CEOs of agro companies and experts in organic agriculture spoke at Gaon Connection’s Gaon Cafe.
Arvind Shukla
After Telangana, heavy rainfall batters Maharashtra; at least 27 dead, major kharif crops lost
Between October 8 and October 14, Maharashtra received 131% above its normal rainfall. The incessant rainfall has led to floods. Standing kharif crops of soybean, toor and cotton, and horticulture crops of pomegranate and grapes have been washed away.
Nidhi Jamwal
Healing amid risk: What the COVID-19 pandemic has meant to health workers
More than 500 allopathic doctors and nearly 50 nurses in India have died due to COVID-19. What explains the increased risk they face, and what is the way forward?
Anant Bhan
Peninsula Pounded: 30 dead in heavy rain-related incidents in Telangana and Andhra; Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka on alert
After heavy rainfall in the east coast of the country, action now shifts to the west coast as the depression formed in the Bay of Bengal moves westwards. At present a low pressure area, it is expected to again intensify into a depression as it emerges in the Arabian Sea.
Nidhi Jamwal
Farmers struggle to sell their crops in other states, despite the new agri laws that say they can
One of the agri bills that became an act recently assured farmers that under the ‘one nation, one market’ policy, they could sell crops anywhere in the country. The ground reality suggests otherwise.