Indian Farmers End Yearlong Protests as Government Caves In
- Panel to discuss all aspects related to assured crop prices
- The agitation marked one of the longest protests in India
Farmers celebrate as Narendra Modi announces the repeal of agricultural reform laws, in November.
Photographer: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
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Indian farmers, who continued their protests even after parliament repealed three contentious farm laws, have finally decided to call off their agitation after the government accepted most of their other demands.
The farmers ended the strike after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government agreed to form a panel to consider guaranteed crop prices across the country, withdraw cases lodged against growers in various states and compensate families of the people who died during the protest, said farm leader Yogendra Yadav.