[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On March 31, 2025, farmers organized under SKM (Non-political) and KMM held a peaceful protest in Kotkapura city, Punjab, India, against the eviction and detention of farmers from protest sites and their colleagues returning from government meetings. The demonstration was classified as low severity.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. Punjab is a major agricultural state, so sustained farmer unrest could potentially affect regional food production and transport if protests expand beyond this localized demonstration.

Watch points

• Monitor for escalation or spread of farmer protests beyond Kotkapura to other Punjab districts or neighboring agricultural states
• Track any government response measures that could either defuse tensions or trigger larger demonstrations