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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicFarmer distress

Topic: Farmer distress

Farmers in India fall behind in planting key summer-sown crops due to uneven monsoon rains

Millions of Indian farmers plant summer crops mainly in the monsoon months of June and July, with the harvest starting in October.

India’s small & marginal farmers have essentially become wage labourers, data shows

Agricultural households possessing less than an hectare of land earn only a third of their monthly income from farming, shows govt report released last month.

Lawyer ‘kills self’ at Tikri, ‘suicide note’ addressed to PM Modi blames farm laws

Amarjit Singh, a member of Bar Association of Punjab’s Jalalabad, ‘consumed poison’. In his purported suicide note, he wrote he is sacrificing himself to shake up Modi’s conscience.

Social worker returns Padma Shri, ex-boxing coach his Dronacharya in solidarity with farmers

Social worker Baba Sewa Singh & ex-national boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu are latest in list of personalities from Punjab who announced their intention to return their awards.

Why Rajnath Singh has emerged as a key Modi govt firefighter to address farmers’ issues

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Amit Shah and JP Nadda, was part of the BJP leadership to brief Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar before his meeting with farmers.

Farmers continue to camp at Delhi-Haryana border, undecided on moving to Burari protest site

A meeting is currently underway at the border between leaders of 30 farmer organisations. Some farmers say it’s best to protest at the border to exert pressure on the central govt.

This is how Congress states are planning to fight govt’s farm laws, even if it’s ‘symbolic’

Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Puducherry may call House sessions to pass bills to negate Centre’s agri laws, but their bills will require governor’s & the President’s assent.

Modi govt insists its bills will free farmers from shackles of arhatiyas. Who are they?

Arhatiyas are mandi-based commission agents who buy the farmers’ produce and sell them in open auction. Govt & experts say they exploit farmers.

How Modi govt’s 3 contentious farm bills have exposed SAD, Congress & BJP’s hypocrisy

In episode 571 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta declutters the bills and explains the changes it will bring to farmers and for end customers.

Farmers’ interest comes first, then NDA alliance, Akali leader Harsimrat Badal says   

Harsimrat Badal says she apprised the govt of farmers’ concerns back in June. She also says a decision on whether or not to continue in NDA will be taken after discussion with party.

On Camera

Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs joined under Sheikh Abdullah to defeat Pakistan, save Kashmir: Nehru

On 25 November 1947, a month after J&K’s accession to India, PM Nehru spoke in the Constituent Assembly, explaining the circumstances that led to India’s military intervention in Kashmir.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.