India passes farm bills amid protest from opposition parties

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NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - India's parliament on Sunday (Sept 20) passed new bills the government says will make it easier for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, despite growing protests from opposition parties and a long-time ally of the ruling party.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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NEW DELHI - India's parliament on Sunday passed new bills the government says will make it easier for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, despite growing protests from opposition parties and a long-time ally of the ruling party.

On Sunday, some opposition lawmakers raised slogans, tore documents and tried to grab the speaker's microphone in the upper house of India's parliament, before two controversial bills were passed by a voice vote. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Modi's former food processing minister, is from a regional party which has a strong base in the northern state of Punjab and believes the bills will increase farmer suffering in the breadbasket state.

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