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What’s Going On: Indian Farmers Protests

Written by: Sharon K. Malhi, SFU Student  For over three months, millions of farmers have been protesting in India over new agriculture laws. Three bills were passed by Indian parliament in September and signed into law by prime minister Narendra Modi. The government is being accused of defying parliamentary procedure by passing the bills and not allowing deliberation.  The bills loosen regulations concerned with sale pricing and storage of farm produce.  The first bill, Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, allows farmers to sell produce outside of government sanctioned markets. This means corporations can now directly buy from…

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