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> protected India's farmers from the free market What does this line mean in the article? The author is highly biased against free markets.

• mds101 6y ago
  With good reason. The free market is not effectively regulated against collusion in India. On the 'free' market, the middle men band together, fix prices, and the farmer ends up getting the short end of the stick. The mandis were originally established to prevent the farmers getting completely squeezed by scrupulous middle men.
• boruto 6y ago
  India does not have free market in Agriculture. The sector itself is extremely subsidised. No political party has the capability nor will to touch those provisions. The current farm laws are teeny tiny step towards that. The current ruling party would oppose them had they been introduced by previous Government. As with every thread on India here, There are a ton of people who feel strongly about things, Including some Canadian citizens :)