Ep. 02: Farmers Mobilization & Agricultural Distress in India
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English - February 13, 2019 00:30 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB - ★★★★ - 16 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture academia constitution election foreignpolicy government ministerh news politics republic technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep. 01: Understanding Indian politics
Next Episode: Ep. 03: Political Violence & Riots
Why are farmers in India mobilizing and agitating? What are the politics behind the waiver of 'Farm Loans' by State Governments across the country? In this episode, Sarayu and Alok go in depth into the economic and political causes for rural distress in India, talking about why we have seen farmer mobilizations in Mumbai and Delhi and the political calculus that goes into some of the measures that are seen as "pro-farmer", perhaps how even mobilization by farmers may be hiding more issues than what are being talked about.
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