India braces for mass protests over contentious farm bills

Farmers take to streets fearing reforms will swipe floor from under prices

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Supporters of India's main opposition party protest farm bills passed by India's parliament, in Kolkata on Sept. 21. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- India's latest agriculture reforms, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi says will help double farmers' income, have sparked a massive uproar, with opposition parties and growers calling them "anti-peasant."

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