Which of the following statements are correct in respect of New Farmer's Movement:-
(A) It began in Punjab and Tamil Nadu.
(B) It was party oriented.
(C) Ideology was anti-state and anti-urban.
(D) The focus of demand was price and its related issues.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) It began in Punjab and Tamil Nadu. Correct. The new farmers’ movements began in the 1970s in Punjab and Tamil Nadu.
(B) It was party oriented. Incorrect. These movements were regionally organised and non-party; they did not work through or for a political party.
(C) Ideology was anti-state and anti-urban. Correct. Their basic ideology was strongly anti-state and anti-urban, and their methods matched it: blocking roads and railways and refusing politicians and bureaucrats entry to villages.
(D) The focus of demand was price and its related issues. Correct. They involved farmers who sell in the market and buy inputs from it, so their demands centred on ‘price and related issues’: procurement prices, remunerative prices, prices of inputs, taxation and non-repayment of loans.
NCERT (2025-26): “8.5 Class Based Movements … New farmer’s movements began in the 1970s in Punjab and Tamil Nadu. These movements were regionally oganised, were non-party, and involved farmers rather than peasants (farmers are said to be market-involved as both commodity producers and purchasers). The basic ideology of the movement was strongly anti-state and anti-urban. The focus of demand were ‘price and related issues’ (for example, price procurement, remunerative prices, prices for agricultural inputs, taxation, non-repayment of loans).…” |