Synopsis In a country with a population of over 138 crore people, the intensity of an agitation in one state or region should not be interpreted as the will of the people throughout the nation. The government in Punjab has made it clear that the new farm laws will not be implemented within the state. Some other state governments have followed suit. Granted, the NDA government's new farms laws may have irked a large section of agriculturists, especially in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, but, as those who take a macro perspective have argued, there is a clear rationale behind the government thinking while formulating and enacting the legislation which was approved by Parliament.