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Farmers protest |3 reasons why prices of agricultural commodities have not spiked despite the stir Most foodgrain prices have remained stable, while those of vegetables, especially kitchen staples like potato, onion and tomato, have declined in recent days. December 10, 2020 / 07:06 PM IST When farmers began their protests against the three new farm laws, camping along the borders of the national capital Delhi a fortnight ago, there were fears that it would lead to a sharp rise in prices of ...

Political-corporate nexus It is not every day that one needs a doctor, a lawyer, a policemen or a priest, but everyday, three times a day, you need a farmer. Farmers are not a homogenous community. There are caste and class differences because, among land-owning farmers, the socio-economic spectrum of farmers is huge. At one end are wealthy, university-educated farmers with large land-holdings, who are also traders or aggregators, own agri-based industries, have political clout (sometimes as M...