{"id":114536,"date":"2021-06-24T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T06:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114536"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T06:16:44","slug":"the-farmers-protest-began-a-year-ago-how-has-it-lasted-this-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-farmers-protest-began-a-year-ago-how-has-it-lasted-this-long\/","title":{"rendered":"The farmers\u2019 protest began a year ago. How has it lasted this long?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Topic<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Marketing of Agricultural Produce and Issues and Related Constraints<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Context<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: The farmer protest movement against three Acts passed by the Parliament has sustained itself for more than six months. Article discusses the plausible reasons behind it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why has the farmer protest movement lasted this long?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"170\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Support from the hegemonic agrarian class of Punjab<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: This class which has ruled this state since the mid-\u201960s in the post-Green Revolution phase has joined this protest.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This section of the society has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">an abundance of human and material resources.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"16\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"47\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why are they supporting the movement?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; Land, for this agrarian class, holds social and cultural value. The acts passed by the Parliament have reinforced their fears over the weakening of their control over the agricultural economy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"171\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Support from other sections of the society<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: It has enormous support among retired and even serving civil servants, teachers, students, civil society activists, artists and professionals.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"172\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Protest is for survival<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Earlier agrarian protests in the \u201980s revolved largely around the enhancement of support prices,\u00a0institutionalised\u00a0credit system, regular supply of inputs on\u00a0subsidised\u00a0rates, etc. Those protests used to threaten to stop the supply of food-grain to other states. Whereas now the crisis is\u00a0privatisation\u00a0of agricultural operations and of food-grain not finding a market. This protest is for survival.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"173\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Upcoming elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Another reason for its longevity is the forthcoming election in early 2022 in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. This explains the desperation of political parties, to support this agitation. In Punjab, it has provided an opportunity to the present government to overcome anti-incumbency. Knowing well that the state assembly has no powers to nullify the central Acts and introduce their own Acts to regulate agriculture trade, the state govt of Punjab did exactly that.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There is an urgent need to overcome the uncertainty in public policy and revisit the market\u00a0centred\u00a0growth model to ensure food security for the poor, food sovereignty of the country, and income redistribution policies for\u00a0marginalised\u00a0populations including farmers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Terms to know<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"177\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Three Agri-laws passed by the Parliament<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"178\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MSP<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"179\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">APMC<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/farmers-protest-punjab-farm-laws-7371125\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Indian Express<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: Marketing of Agricultural Produce and Issues and Related Constraints\u00a0 Context: The farmer protest movement against three Acts passed by the Parliament has sustained itself for more than six months. Article discusses the plausible reasons behind it.\u00a0 Why has the farmer protest movement lasted this long?\u00a0 Support from the hegemonic agrarian class of Punjab: This&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-farmers-protest-began-a-year-ago-how-has-it-lasted-this-long\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The farmers\u2019 protest began a year ago. How has it lasted this long?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704781431},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}