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The 2020 Indian farmers' protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts which were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, and farmer unions and politicians from the opposition also say it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates". The government, however, maintains that they will make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated protests are based on misinformation.
Over 50 farmer unions have been protesting, whereas government claims some farm unions have come out in support of the farm laws. The states of Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have the highest farmer suicide rates in the country. These suicide numbers seem to be rising annually: NCRB data shows 42,563 farmers and daily wagers died by suicide in 2019 alone.
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