Income and debt account of India's farmers | EXPLAINED

The controversy around the farm laws has brought the spotlight on the state of India's farm households yet again. Data shows that on most of the parameters, there is little for farmers to cheer.  

The sheer size of farm households at 9.3 crores in rural India makes it a formidable constituency in itself. A section of them has been out on the streets since the government passed three farm laws in September 2020.

According to a group of farmers, the three laws would have led to greater corporatization of the farm sector. The government, on the contrary, has been of the view that the laws would have ushered in much-needed reforms in the stagnating farm sector.