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The 2020 Indian farmers' protest is an ongoing protest against

the three farm
acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September
2020. The acts have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by
many major farmer unions,[4][5] and farmer unions and
politicians from the opposition also say it would leave farmers at
the "mercy of corporates".[6][7] The government, however,
maintains that they will make it effortless for farmers to sell their
produce directly to big buyers.[8][9][10]Even after this
statement, the Indian government still ordered the police and
law enforcement of various states to attack farmers using water
cannons, batons, tear gas and rocks in an effort to prevent them
from entering Delhi.[11][12]

2020 Indian farmers' protest

Date9 August 2020[1] – ongoing
(4 months and 1 week)Location

India

Caused by

Passing of three Farm bills by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Goals
Revocation of all the three Farm Bills

Legally ensure minimum support price (MSP)

Raise MSP to at least 50% more than cost of average weighted

production

Revoke Commission of Air Quality in NCR and adjoining areas

(2020)

To Implement the recommendations of National Commission on

Farmers

To take back all the cases registered against farm union leaders,
writers, human right activists, poets and intellectuals

To reduce diesel prices by 50% for agricultural activities

To revoke Electricity (amendment) Ordinance (2020)

Methods

Gherao

Dharna

Raasta roko

Demonstration

StatusOngoingParties to the civil conflict

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare

All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee

Bharatiya Kisan Union

Number

Unverified

Casualties and losses

At least 22 farmers dead, hundreds injured [2][3]

Soon after the acts were introduced, unions began holding local
protests, mostly in Punjab. After two months of protests, farmers
— notably from Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana— began a
movement named 'Dilli Chalo' (transl. Let's go to Delhi), in which
tens of thousands of farmers marched towards the nation's
capital. On 26 November, a nationwide general strike that
reportedly involved approximately 250 million people took place
in support of the farmers according to the trade unions that
organised the protests.[13] On 30 November, India
Today estimated that between 200,000 and 300,000 farmers
were converging at various border points on the way to Delhi.
[14]

Over 500 farmer unions have been protesting.[15] Transport

unions representing over 14 million trucker drivers and have
come out in support of the farmers, threatening to halt
movement of supplies in certain states.[16] After the
government failed to accept the farmers' demands during talks
on 4 December, the farmers planned to escalate the action to
another India-wide strike on 8 December 2020.[17] From 12
December, farmers sieged the toll plazas and allowed free
movement.[18]

Background

Farmers' demands

Farmer Suicides

Protests

Provisions and funds

Response and reactions

In music and popular media

Gallery
References

Further reading

Last edited 2 hours ago by Jaskeerat2302

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