India’s parliament passes bill to repeal controversial farm laws
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India’s parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration introduced the farm bills last year through an executive order, traditionally […]
Indian farmers in no mood to forgive despite Modi’s U-turn on reforms
Mohraniya, India Reuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in to farmers’ demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods. But reaction to the shock U-turn in India’s rural north, where Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party faces key elections next year, has been less than positive, a worrying sign for a leader […]
Updated: India’s Modi backs down on farm reforms in surprise victory for protesters
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT)New Delhi, IndiaReuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he would repeal controversial farm laws that farmers have protested for more than a year, a significant climbdown for the combative leader. The sudden concession on the three laws comes ahead of elections early next year in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous […]
Explainer: How Indian farmers’ protest turned into a country-wide movement
New Delhi, IndiaReuters A group of influential farmer leaders ratcheted up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to roll back three new farm laws by organising a mammoth rally in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh last week. After the successful mass meeting – the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations […]