Why Indian farmers are so angry about the Modi government's agricultural reforms
- Written by Bhavani Shankar, Professorial Reseach Fellow in Food Systems and Health, University of Sheffield
India’s farmers have been protesting since the autumn, with a growing intensity that culminated in a violent breaching of barriers in the Red Fort in Delhi during India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26.
The protests were spurred by the passing of a set of agricultural reform bills in parliament in September 2020 that aimed to...