Insights and Stories on India

Farmers protest across India against Modi’s farm market reforms

Dec. 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm CST

New Delhi/Mumbai | Reuters — Farmers’ protests against new laws liberalizing agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm organizations called for a nationwide strike after inconclusive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. In eastern and western states, farmers blocked roads and squatted on railway tracks, delaying hordes […]

India considers changing new farm laws after mass protests

Dec. 4, 2020 at 7:58 pm CST

By Mayank Bhardwaj

India’s Modi refuses to back down on farm reforms despite protests

Nov. 30, 2020 at 3:10 pm CST

By Sanjeev Miglani

Grain Growers of Canada lobby Parliament Hill

Nov. 18, 2020 at 3:15 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

High food prices hurting India’s poor

Nov. 15, 2020 at 5:46 pm CST

By Aftab Ahmed rajendra-jadhav

Pulse weekly outlook: Export demand supports lentils

Nov. 9, 2020 at 5:09 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Lentil prices in Western Canada saw a counter-seasonal rally at the end of harvest and are likely to sustain that rally into winter. “Prices are going to keep going higher,” Darcy Barie, a commodity buyer with Verdient Foods at Vanscoy, Sask., said. Ahead of the 2020 harvest, red […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils see some strength

Sep. 29, 2020 at 3:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea and lentil markets have shown some post-harvest strength in recent weeks, with good offshore demand providing support. “On the yellow pea side, it’s China, and on lentils, it’s basically India,” Marcos Mosnaim, of Globeways Canada, said of the strength in both markets. Yellow peas are currently […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

India’s controversial farm bills become law despite protests

Sep. 27, 2020 at 6:15 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s president on Sunday approved three controversial agricultural bills amid nationwide protests by farmers who say the new laws will stunt their bargaining power and instead allow large retailers to have control over pricing. Farmers’ organizations say one of the three laws could lead to […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj Neha Arora

India restores reduced tariff on lentil imports

Sep. 24, 2020 at 8:36 pm CDT

India has reinstated a reduced-rate tariff on imports of lentils from Canada as well as from all lentil-exporting nations other than the United States. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers on Friday reported receiving a Sept. 17 notification of amendment from India’s finance ministry regarding customs tariffs on lentils, which in Canada’s case […]

By Dave Bedard

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

Sep. 17, 2020 at 3:19 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s minister for food processing resigned on Thursday over her opposition to planned laws to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers and make contract farming easier, saying the legislation will hurt millions of the country’s farmers. “Proud to stand with farmers as […]