Utility: Useful data. Can be used in answers and essays.
Context: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released the State of Environment Report, 2021 which focused upon the data related to farmer protests.
Report on Farmers Protests:
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Farmers Protests in India have registered an almost five-fold increase since 2017.
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In 2017, there were 34 major protests across 15 States. The number has now increased to 165 protests in 2020. (#Diagram. Chart can be prepared)
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Reasons for Farm Protests:
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Contentious Central farm laws
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Procurement and agricultural market price-related failures
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Protests against inadequate Budget allocations for the agricultural sector.
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Battles against the acquisition of farmland for development projects
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Loan Waivers or poor insurance coverage among others.
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Other key Findings:
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Farm Labourers:
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India has more farm labourers than landowning farmers and cultivators.
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This has been found in 52% of the country’s districts.
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Among States, Bihar, Kerala and Puducherry have more farm labourers than farmers in all their districts.
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Farmer’s Suicides:
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Every day, over 28 farm labourers and cultivators commit suicide in our country.
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In 2019, there were 5,957 farmer suicides along with an additional 4,324 farm labourers who died by suicide.
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