In an interview with The Wire, Sudha Narayanan of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research explains the context of the contentious new farm laws which have prompted farmers across the country to take to the streets in protest.

She speaks about why farmers are fearful of the new laws, what the laws represent, what they lack, the kind of reform that was needed and the debate on income support vs price support.

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