Farm reforms – In India, China
One is the question of whether these
reforms will benefit the farmers or not.This is a question of economics. Broadly speaking, the government’s argument is that opening up the agriculture sector to market forces will not only reduce the stress on government finances but also help farmers by making agriculture more remunerative.
The protesting farmers, however, disagree. They argue that interaction with private players will ruin them financially.
The second aspect is more political and relates to how the laws concerned were legislated. The government believes it has gone through due diligence before turning its ideas into laws. The farmers, on the other hand, stridently criticise the lack of debate before the laws were enacted.