Why India’s Farmers Are Marching to Delhi Again
Police in Delhi and surrounding states laid metal barriers, concrete barricades and barbed wire across roads as the protesting farmers approached the capital.
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India officially overtook China as the world’s most populous nation in 2023. The milestone was a source of pride for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and also concern. It’s long been clear that the country’s mostly small-scale farming industry, held back by low yields and hostage to an increasingly unpredictable climate, is ill-equipped to feed 1.4 billion people. The frustration of farmers reached boiling point in February and thousands marched toward the capital Delhi to press their demands for debt relief and crop price guarantees.