{"id":197214,"date":"2026-03-26T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197214"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:31:59","slug":"punjabs-fertile-lands-resources-hostage-to-indias-exploitative-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/26\/punjabs-fertile-lands-resources-hostage-to-indias-exploitative-policies.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab&#8217;s fertile lands, resources hostage to India&#8217;s exploitative policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171034\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/LAND-ALLOTED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"836\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: Indian Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s recent meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has done little to address the state&#8217;s long-standing grievances, with Punjab&#8217;s fertile lands and resources remaining hostage to India&#8217;s exploitative policies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the security fence along the India-Pakistan border, installed 2-3 km inside Indian territory, has trapped thousands of acres of fertile land, with farmers facing rigorous BSF checks and restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Mann&#8217;s demand to shift the fence to within 150-300 metres of the Zero Line has been met with vague assurances from Shah, leaving Punjab&#8217;s land and economy strangled. The BJP regime&#8217;s Seeds Bill 2025 and water policies further perpetuate exploitation, while withheld funds and erosion of autonomy expose India&#8217;s systematic strangulation of Punjab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Indian Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s recent meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has done little to address the state&#8217;s long-standing grievances, with Punjab&#8217;s fertile lands and resources remaining hostage to India&#8217;s exploitative policies. According to Kashmir Media Service, the security fence along the India-Pakistan border, installed 2-3 km inside Indian territory, has trapped &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/LAND-ALLOTED.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197215,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197214\/revisions\/197215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}