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On 29 November 2021, the Indian parliament passed the bill to repeal farm laws in the country. [83] The bill was passed without a debate in both the lower house i.e. Lok Sabha and the upper house i.e. Rajya Sabha, despite several demands of it. [84] The farm laws repeal bill was passed within four minutes of being tabled in the Lok Sabha.
The march on Delhi was accompanied by a 24-hour strike of millions [c] of people across India on 26 November in opposition to both the farm law reform and the proposed changes to the labour law. [ 36 ] [ 154 ] Between 28 November and 3 December, the number of farmers blocking the border roads of Delhi was estimated at 150 to 300 thousand. [ 155 ]
The Government asserts that the Act helps protect farmers engaging with agribusiness firms, processors, wholesalers, exporters, or large retailers for farm services and sale of future farming produce by a mutually-agreed lucrative price framework fairly and transparently through a contract.
India's parliament has approved new farm bills that the government says will unshackle farmers from having to sell their produce only at regulated wholesale markets and make contract farming easier.
Farm unions began the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [ 13 ] have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [ 14 ] [ 15 ] and politicians from the opposition who say it would leave farmers at the ...
The administration claims that such laws would diminish the government's involvement in agriculture and create greater opportunities for the private sector. The farmers were concerned that eliminating government protections would make them vulnerable to businesses. [16] In 2021, farmers protested against these laws.
These laws were eventually withdrawn by the Union government. [26] On 31 January 2022, the farmer leaders observed "Vishwasghat Diwas" (treachery day) across India after the Union government failed to fulfill promises that were made to the farmers during the withdrawal of agitation against three farm laws. SKM leaders have warned that the farm ...
On 3 October 2021, hundreds of farmers in the Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri district were returning after staging protests as part of the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protests against the 2020 Indian agriculture acts. The protestors were blocking state deputy chief minister Maurya's visit to Banbirpur village.