Taking the bull by its horns: the political economic logics of new farm laws and agrarian dissent in India

Abstract

The Indian government’s latest series of farm laws (a set of three Acts) have sparked protests by farmers around the country. This viewpoint argues that the new farm laws are designed to deepen capitalism within the countryside by liberalising agricultural trade. It highlights the political economic logics of the new farm laws and outlines the contradictions inherent in these laws. It also argues that agrarian dissent is fractured along class lines and that we need broad movements for social justice to address growing socio-economic inequalities in the country.