The uneasiness is about the adverse impact of the farm laws on the livelihood prospects of the farmers amid the agrarian crisis in India.
The new Bills may initially help some medium and large farmers but will help the private sector even more. The small farmers are outside the reach of the market today and will continue to suffer as before.
Farmers I spoke to agreed their lives hadn't improved under the Modi govt, but they still chose BJP-Shiv Sena over others.
The BJP's regime saw Madhya Pradesh’s agrarian landscape deteriorate, leaving behind a weakened state.
These protests are a consequence of more than a quarter century of neglect of more than half of India's population.
Faster growth, creation of jobs and doubling farmers' income by 2022 are areas awaiting government action.
If all the states waived off the debt, it will cost the country Rs 3 lakh crore.
What happened to the solemn resolve of socialist democratic republic and to secure for its citizens justice, equality and fraternity?
It would help with three issues.
Digitalisation of farm-based programmes and schemes is likely to result in exclusion - an inexcusable crime at the hands of the government.
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