Four years of Modi govt: Wages a problem for the agriculture sector

Four years of Modi govt: Wages a problem for the agriculture sector

Come June 1, farmers in many parts of the country are planning to stop supplies of essential items like milk, vegetables and fruit in cities in protest against plummeting farm-gate prices — a phenomenon that has been a recurrent occurrence through the four years of the Narendra Modi government.

The images of the long march of Maharashtra farmers to Mumbai earlier this year, widespread protests in Madhya Pradesh owing to depressed prices after the announcement of the price deficiency payment scheme, and farmers of Tamil Nadu agitating in Delhi come to mind when one thinks of agriculture in India now.