 "farmers' protests, Farmer leaders, kisan unions")
There have been 10 rounds of fruitless talks between the Modi government and the farmers' unions so far and the government now seems to have decided that there is no point in talking to them anymore. No date has been fixed for the next round of talks.
The unions are protesting against farm reform and are intent on the immediate political gain of embarrassing the government even if the medium term economic gain to farmers is jeopardised.
The government, meanwhile, is intent on cutting its expenditure because revenue has been hit hard and will be short by almost 25 per cent. Farm
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