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- Title
India's Agrarian Crisis and Changing Countryside.
- Authors
Kumar, Satendra
- Abstract
A mass protest by farmers camped outside New Delhi in 2020–21 persuaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to repeal laws that aimed to further liberalize Indian agricultural markets. The protests reflected the depth of an ongoing agrarian crisis in the Indian countryside. The Green Revolution introduced in the 1960s and the economic liberalization of the 1990s deepened rural inequalities, creating fertile ground for right-wing populism. More recently, however, economic vulnerability has catalyzed a reassertion of farmer and rural identities over religious affiliations.
- Subjects
NEW Delhi (India); MODI, Narendra, 1950-; AGRICULTURAL economics; RIGHT-wing populism; RELIGIOUS identity; GREEN Revolution; REPEAL of legislation; PEASANTS
- Publication
Current History, 2024, Vol 123, Issue 852, p129
- ISSN
0011-3530
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/curh.2024.123.852.129