[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Farmers affiliated with SKM (Non-political) and KMM staged a peaceful protest on March 31, 2025, outside an AAP MLA's residence in Patti city, Punjab, demanding action against farmer evictions and detentions at protest sites in Shambhu and Khanauri villages. The demonstration reflects ongoing agrarian tensions in Punjab but remained contained and non-violent.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. Punjab's role as a major agricultural producer means sustained farmer unrest could eventually affect crop planting or harvesting cycles, but this isolated peaceful protest poses minimal immediate risk to supply chains.

Watch points

• Monitor for escalation of farmer protests across Punjab or expansion to other agricultural states that could disrupt rural logistics networks
• Track any government response measures that might intensify tensions or lead to broader agricultural sector disruptions