Agrarian Issues

36th All India Conference of AIKS at Nalgonda: 90 Years of AIKS, 80 Years of Telangana Struggle, Challenges Ahead

THE 36th National Conference of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) will be held at Nalgonda, Telangana, on November 15-18, 2026. This year marks 90 years since the founding of the AIKS at Lucknow on April 11, 1936. It also marks 80 years since the beginning of the iconic Telangana peasant struggle on July 4, 1946. The decision to hold the 36th Conference at Nalgonda, one of the epicentres of that historic struggle, gives it a special significance.

AIKS 24th Maharashtra State Conference in Kolhapur: Call to Launch Vigorous Struggles on Burning Issues Facing Farmers

THE 24th Maharashtra State Conference of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held with great enthusiasm in Kolhapur city onOctober 6-8, 2026. This was the first-ever state conference of the Kisan Sabha to be held in Kolhapur district in the sugar belt of Western Maharashtra. The conference was held as the AIKS marked the completion of 90 glorious years of its existence.

SKM Gives Nationwide Protest Calls on Oct 23, Nov 26

The national council/general body meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held at Jat Bhawan, Karnal, Haryana, on October 12, decided to intensify the farmers' struggle and organise massive demonstrations on November 26 in New Delhi and across India. The state bodies of SKM will decide the spots. Lakhs of farmers will participate in this protest action. November 26 marks the 6th anniversary of the historic farmers struggle at the Delhi borders.

AIAWU General Council Calls for Intensifying Struggles of Agricultural and Rural Workers

THE meeting of the General Council Meeting of the All India Agricultural workers Union held on July 25 and 26, 2026 at Alleppey (Alappuzha), of Kerala discussed in detail the prevailing political situation in India and at the international level to identify the challenges posed to agricultural and rural workers.

A Successful Nationwide Strike to Save MGNREGA

ON May 15, 2026, all of rural India echoed with the voices of agricultural and rural workers demanding reinstatement of MGNREGA and roll back of VB-GRAM (G). Tens of lakhs of workers participated in the strike called by the joint platform of agricultural and rural workers’ unions and the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha. In thousands of villages, MGNREGA workers along with many agricultural and rural workers gathered together outside gram panchayats protesting and demonstrating and submitting a memorandum of their demands to the Panchayat Presidents.

Kharif MSP: Government Insensitive to Farmers’ Plight

The BJP-led Union Government has once again cheated the farmers of India by declaring a paltry increase in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the Kharif season of 2026. This is in no way commensurate with the massive increase in the costs of inputs like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, petrol, electricity, and water, especially in the context of the West Asian crisis. 

AIKS Strongly Protests Failure to Curb Surge in Fertiliser Prices, Demands Measures to Prevent Black Marketing and Hoarding

The Modi Regime’s policy of succumbing to US Imperialism has damaged India’s energy, fuel and fertiliser security. Inadequate Fertiliser stocks will lead to diminished harvest yields, food inflation and escalate rural economic distress.

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