Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

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The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS: Indian Farmers' Union) is an Indian farmers' representative organization affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[1] It is one of the well-known Sangh Parivar organization.[2] The BKS was established by Dattopantji Thengdi on March 4, 1979 at Kota, Rajasthan.[3] It has units in all states of India, with nearly 5 lakh members. As of 2005, the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh is Babasaheb Kathwale.[4]

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Stated aims

According to the website of the organization, the stated aims and objectives of the organization are to "unite and organize" the peasantry for the "betterment of their financial social, cultural, educational, conditions and cottage industrial activity by making available stable avenues of livelihood and survival", "to make available information and other related literature in respect of new innovations, improvements, methodologies" etc. in the field of agriculture and to encourage the farmers to adopt the same", "to emphasis to importance and suitability of age old agriculture technique, methodology and to combine the same with modern inventions so as to have ecological security of fertile soil, adequate water, seeds, cattle, plants and biodiversity", "to collect, experiment, innovate, improve and publicise the centuries old practices and usages in the agriculture field so as to benefit others as well as to protect the same from being patented" etc.[3]

Activities

References

  1. ^ a b "Bharatiya Kisan Sangh unhappy with BJP over cotton support prices" (HTML). Expressindia.com. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Bharatiya-Kisan-Sangh-unhappy-with-BJP-over-cotton-support-prices/246829/. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  2. ^ S. P. Udayakumar (2005). Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. p3. ISBN 0275972097. 
  3. ^ a b "Bharatiya Kisan Sangh: History" (HTML). Bharatiya Kisan Sangh. http://bharatiyakisansangh.org/bhartiya-kisan-sangh-files/history-of-bhartiya-kisan-sangh.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-01. 
  4. ^ a b "Bharatiya Kisan Sangh seeks $20-b fund for agri infrastructure" (HTML). Business Line. 2005-03-16. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/03/17/stories/2005031701351700.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 

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