India Inc has always played a role in agriculture, albeit a limited one

Innumerable committees have recommended reforming the regulated markets much before 2003, when the first model APMC Act was framed to do precisely that in the country

As thousands of farmers protest at Delhi borders against the three new farm acts over fears that once they come into play, large companies and multinationals will usurp their lands, turning them into landless labourers, past records show that though their role is limited, corporates have been part of the counry's farming landscape for some time now.

In fact, several multinationals such as Nestle and others have been operating in India even before the Indian economy was formally liberalised in 1991.

Incorporated in 1956, Nestle India set up its first production facility in 1961 at Moga in Punjab.

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