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Subject: India Agriculture
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jlh1182 14.12.20 - 05:51am
Protests in India regarding changes to agriculture laws have taken a new turn today;

Farmers' Nationwide Hunger Strike Today As Protests Escalate: 10 Points

The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday he will fast along with farmers. * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 05:52am
As protests escalate against the government's new agricultural laws, several leaders of farmers' bodies - backing thousands of protesters camping near Delhi borders since late November - are holding a nine-hour long hunger strike today. * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 05:54am
than a week after highways were blocked last Tuesday as a part of countrywide shutdown call backed by opposition parties and trade unions. Despite several round of talks with the government, farmers have said the agitation will continue till the new laws are scrapped. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/farmers-to-go-on-hunger-strike-today-as-protests-escalate-10-facts-2338203 * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 06:00am
Large numbers headed to Birmingham in the UK this weekend to add their voice to the outrage over the new laws. https://news.sky.com/story/india-farmers-protests-anger-grows-over-controversial-laws-as-narendra-modi-refuses-to-back-down-12159925 * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 06:01am
Farmers say the three federal laws, which deregulate crop pricing, will reduce their earnings by dismantling the system that guarantees them an income and leave them vulnerable to large private companies. * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 06:05am
An Expert Explains: The arguments for and against the three farm laws https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/an-expert-explains-farm-acts-and-federalism-6622769/ * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 06:07am
The government claims these Acts will transform Indian agriculture and attract private investment. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, provides for contract farming, under which farmers will produce crops as per contracts with corporate investors for a mutually agreed remuneration. * +

jlh1182 14.12.20 - 06:08am
The protesting farmers fear that powerful investors would bind them to unfavourable contracts drafted by big corporate law firms, with liability clauses that would be beyond the understanding of poor farmers in most cases. * +

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