[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 10, 2025, hundreds of farmers protested along the Assam-Nagaland border in Merapani against a Nagaland government directive to cease seed farming and vacate disputed border lands for palm oil cultivation. The peaceful demonstration included submission of a memorandum demanding maintenance of status quo in the Disputed Area Belt.

Supply-chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether agricultural disruptions spread beyond the immediate border area.

Watch points

• Monitor for escalation of the land dispute or expansion of protests to other agricultural areas along the Assam-Nagaland border
• Track any follow-up government responses or policy changes regarding the disputed border territories and agricultural land use