[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Farmers affiliated with SKM (Non-political) and KMM held a peaceful sit-in protest on March 31, 2025, in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, targeting an AAP state minister's residence over the eviction and detention of farmers from protest sites in Shambhu and Khanauri villages.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. However, farmer protests in Punjab historically center on agricultural policy disputes that could affect regional crop production and distribution if demonstrations expand significantly.

Watch points

• Monitor whether protests spread beyond single-location sit-ins to broader farmer mobilization across Punjab's agricultural districts
• Track any escalation in government response or expansion of farmer detentions that could intensify agricultural sector tensions