Three key farm laws have dramatically unleashed new battle-lines across the country. But the problems afflicting Indian agriculture remain basic: lack of water, credit, declining soil fertility, the tiny size of farm holdings and market. All of them need a new solution.
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MSP has long ceased to be an enabler for farmers. It is more of a political tool to garner votes. And this trend started well before Modi.
Kavitha Kuruganti, an activist working on improving farm livelihoods, explains why the new farm laws are anti-farmer.
NH44…London, Sydney, California. The farm protests of 2020 are far more inclusive, pan-India, even global—than those of the 1940s and ’80s. Only constant: the State’s betrayal.
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