India Farm Protests to Continue Despite Modi’s Repeal of Laws
- Trust deficit with Modi’s government, farmer leader says
- Farmers want price guarantees for most of their major crops
Farmers celebrate at the Delhi-Haryana border crossing in Singhu, Delhi, India, on Nov. 19.
Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/BloombergIndia’s farmers will continue their protests even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to repeal controversial farm laws and their demands include price guarantees for their crops, a senior farm leader said.
The demands from the farm groups include minimum price guarantees for all major crops, Vijoo Krishnan, joint secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, a Communist Party-affiliated farmers’ union, said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg Television. That is something the government has deemed unfeasible. The government currently purchases about two dozen agricultural commodities, including some food grains, pulses and oilseeds, at pre-determined prices for its welfare programs.