NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election move this month to raise minimum prices for summer-sown crops has failed to impress farmers, who have revealed plans for nationwide protests.
The government's announcement of higher minimum support prices is a "blatant fraud" and "betrayal" of promises made to farmers, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee, an alliance of around 150 farmers' organizations, said in mid-July.
