Title: India Farmer Protests: What to Know | Time
Headings: India's Farmers Are Leading One of the Largest Protests Yet Against Modi's Government. Here's What They're Fighting For
India's Farmers Are Leading One of the Largest Protests Yet Against Modi's Government. Here's What They're Fighting For
What have the protests been like?
What are the Indian government’s reforms?
Why have farmers been resistant to the reforms?
How widespread are the protests, and what is likely to happen next?
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Content: Currently, Yadav says, as many as 80% of farmers don’t receive the promised amount. “ The government announces the minimum support price every year, but it remains on paper,” he says. “ Because the government doesn’t back it with a system where farmers are actually assured that price.” How widespread are the protests, and what is likely to happen next? Farmers from across north India have resisted the reforms, but the protests have by and large been led by unions from Punjab and Haryana, two relatively prosperous states where the government-mandated markets are most developed, and where the government buys a majority of the wheat and rice produced by farmers. “Farmers who depend on the system are worried that it will be removed over time, and they are not sure what will come in its place,” says Krishnamurthy. “ The narrative is that private investment will come in its place. But that is not something that gives a lot of farmers a great deal of comfort.” The protests so far have won the unions access to the government for negotiations. Three rounds of talks have happened so far, but have been inconclusive.