Why Modi’s Laws to Liberalize Farming Worry Farmers

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New legislation in India aims to fundamentally overhaul the way farm goods are produced and sold in the country of 1.3 billion people, almost half of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihood. It would open up a decades-old system of state-run wholesale markets to more private sales, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi says would help them earn more cash and make India more self-reliant. Opposition parties say it would leave those working the land vulnerable to exploitation. Farmers, fearin

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