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PM Modi withdraws three farm laws, urges protesters to return home

The three laws, introduced in September 2020, allowed farmers to directly sell their produce

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Picketing farmers at Singhu on the Delhi border on Sept. 10. Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

BS Web Team New Delhi
Three farm laws brought in last year to liberalise India’s agriculture markets, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, urging protesters to return to their home.

The constitutional process to withdraw the laws will be completed within a month. "Our government is committed to farmers' welfare, especially small farmers. We are committed to serve them fully. We brought in farm laws with good intentions," he said.

The three laws, introduced in September 2020, allowed farmers to directly sell their produce, outside government-regulated wholesale markets, to big buyers. The government said this will unshackle farmers and help them get better prices.

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