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Protest Amid the Pandemic
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Protest Amid the Pandemic
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Protests are happening in Punjab, India amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Punjab government 3.330 farmers had committed suicide, from 2000-2019. Due to the high debt, 536 farmers took their lives in just 2019 alone. Will privatization of the farmer market increase or decrease the debt? The new farm bill which was passed on September 27 is stressing a lot of people, they are confused and are protesting. Earlier, the government bought directly from the farmers. The new bill makes the farmer market a free market making entry for private companies.
Privatization is good for the development of the country, but what about the small farmers?
They are worried, stressed and not aware about what’s going on. They need a Minimum Selling Price (MSP), which is already given to them by the government so why the protests?
According to the Punjab government 3.330 farmers had committed suicide, from 2000-2019. Due to the high debt, 536 farmers took their lives in just 2019 alone. Will privatization of the farmer market increase or decrease the debt? The new farm bill which was passed on September 27 is stressing a lot of people, they are confused and are protesting. Earlier, the government bought directly from the farmers. The new bill makes the farmer market a free market making entry for private companies.
Privatization is good for the development of the country, but what about the small farmers?
They are worried, stressed and not aware about what’s going on. They need a Minimum Selling Price (MSP), which is already given to them by the government so why the protests?
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new story
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CNN
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CNN
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Agriculture
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English
Foodways
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
12/02/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/08/2021
03/15/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
12/02/2020
This item was submitted on December 2, 2020 by Pushan using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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