@article {article1333, title = {Farmers need freedom, not just waivers}, author = {Ajit Ranade}, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2018-12-25, year = 2018, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/economy/farmers-need-freedom-not-just-waivers-1333, Abstract = {Just when lakhs of farmers marched to the nation’s capital demanding relief for their distress, another smaller set had assembled in Shirdi, Maharashtra. This was for the annual national conference of the Shetkari Sanghatana, founded by the late Sharad Joshi. The three-day conference coincided with the third birth anniversary of Joshi, whose name unfortunately is fast fading from public memory.} }