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Narendra Modi Renounces Indian Agricultural Reform After a Year of Farmers’ Protests

HeadlineNov 19, 2021

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his government is withdrawing the highly contested agricultural laws that triggered mass mobilizations across the country over the past year. It’s a major victory for farmers who argued the reforms deregulating agricultural markets would eliminate key labor and income protections.

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