Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has decided to repeal three controversial farm laws against which farmers have protested for more than a year.
Modi says In the Parliament session starting later in the month, they will complete the constitutional process to repeal these three agricultural laws.”
Small farmers say the changes make them vulnerable to competition from big business, and that they could eventually lose price support for staples such as wheat and rice.
The government says reform of the sector, which accounts for about 15 per cent of the $2.7 trillion economies, means new opportunities and better prices for farmers.