Question

explain the nature of farmers movement in india

Answer 1

Peasant movement is a social movementinvolved with the agricultural policy.

Peasants movement have a long history that can be traced to the numerous peasant uprisings that occurred in various regions of the world throughout human history. Early peasant movements were usually the result of stresses in the feudal and semi feudal societies, and resulted in violent uprisings. More recent movements, fitting the definitions of social movements, are usually much less violent, and their demands are centered on better prices for agricultural produce, better wages and working conditions for the agricultural laborers, and increasing the agricultural production.

The economic policies of British adversely affected the Indian peasants the British Govt. used to protect the landlords and money lenders.they exploited the peasants.The peasants rose in revolt against this injustice on many occasions .The peasants in Bengal formed their union and revolted against the compulsion of cultivating indigo.

Anthony Pereira, a political scientist, has defined a peasant movement as a "social movement made up of peasants (small landholders or farm workers on large farms), usually inspired by the goal of improving the situation of peasants in a nation or territory"

Answer 2

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Sharad Joshi, the proponent of farmers’ movement in India, now the advisor on agricultural policy for Prime Minister, Vajpayee, made a vociferous espousal about the Bharat vs. India – the rural India vs. urban India dichotomy. The primary contradiction is characterised as that between the rural and the urban. Therefore, the enemy is the government at the centre and at the state. Tikait of BKU has been using the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan and not Bharat vs India and has been gaining support of middle farmers and even small farmers, even here the general orientation of struggles are against the government policies, the corruption in the administration and many other related issues. Further, despite their call and assertions for broad peasant unity, these movements have been pro-rich in programmes and in practice. Their general demands are; increase in public investment in agriculture, low input cost, higher cost for agricultural produce, remunerative price or minimum support price, easy availability of institutional loans and of late guaranteed procurement of farm produce. All these demands have mainly oriented from the perspective of the market rather than the small and poor farmers.

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