India formally repeals controversial farm laws after year of protests
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India has formally repealed three contentious farm laws that sparked more than a year of protests, nearly two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pushed into a rare policy reversal that saw the legislation withdrawn.
The country's President Ram Nath Kovind signed a bill repealing the laws late Wednesday, after it was passed by the lower and upper houses of Parliament earlier this week.
Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had insisted the reforms would modernize India's agricultural system. However, farmers said it could leave them open to exploitation and ruin their livelihood.
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