Fivefold increase in farm protests since 2017: CSE report
The Hindu
Apart from 12 pan-India agitations, most protests were in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Apart from the , procurement and agricultural market price-related failures have contributed to a fivefold increase in major farmers’ protests since 2017, according to data collated by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). In 2017, there were 34 major protests across 15 States. That number has now shot up to 165 protests across 22 States and Union territories.
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